Gov. Dapo Abiodun
By Johnson Onifade Abeokuta.
The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has described former president, Olusegun Obasanjo and Pastor Enoch Adeboye and other donors of funds and property to aid the state government fight against the spread of the coronavirus as good Samaritans.
The state number one citizen said this while reacting to the timely response of Obasanjo, Pastor Adeboye and Mr. Adeola to the state government clarion call on well-meaning individuals and foreign organisations to assist in the fight against Covid-19.
According to a statement from Governor Dapo Abiodun, both Chief Obasanjo and Mr. Adeola donated their private residence and properties in Abeokuta the state capital for use by the government as isolation centres for suspected patients of Covid-19 within the gateway state, while Pastor Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God donated intensive care unit (ICU) beds and ventilators for the treatment of the patients and other equipment at the Redeemer’s health centre, Mowe.
The statement added that Alhaji Abdulsamad Rabiu, the chairman of BUA Investment donated the sum of 100million naira as relieve support and made a pledge of medical supplies to Ogun State. Governor Abiodun while promising to ensure transparent use of all voluntary donations urged other well-meaning Nigerians to emulate the kind gesture.
” I want to personally assure the entire citizens of Ogun state that I will ensure the judicious use of these donations of funds and properties towards the containment of the Covid-19 pandemic”, he said.
Describing the pandemic as a global challenge the Governor asked everyone to join hands in fighting the deadly virus.
