To support efforts to combat ravaging COVID-19 in Nigeria, the chairman of Premiere Lotto, Sir Kesington Adebutu has donated four ambulances to the governments of Oyo, Ondo, Ekiti and Osun.
Adebutu made the donation on Saturday, through Kesington Adebukunola Adebutu Foundation ( KAAF) at the headquarter of the Foundation in Lagos.
Making the donation on behalf of the donor and KAAF, a friend of Adebutu dynasty, Aare Kola Oyefeso, said the donation of the four ambulances was a continued gesture of Sir Adebutu to fight the scourge of COVID-19 in southwest.
Oyefeso said with the donation, the beneficiary states will have additional medical equipment to deal with the pandemic in their respective states.
He disclosed that, before now, the renowned philanthropist had made monetary donations worth N400m in value to the governments of Lagos and Ogun states.
According to him, while the Lagos state government received donation of N300m, the Ogun state government received N100m from KAAF to help fight the coronavirus in the two states.
Oyefeso also revealed that apart from monetary donations made, Adebutu had also donated tons of food items worth several millions of naira as palliatives to the 33 towns of Remoland, Ogun state; Remo Growth and Development Foundation ( RemoGDF), Christian Association of Nigeria ( CAN), Muslim community, Anglican Communion, Methodist Church as well as Surulere and Ajegunle communities in Lagos state.
Oyefeso however advised that, all efforts must be concentrated to fight the deadly disease in Nigeria.
According to him, government alone can not fight the scourge.
Therefore, he called on other spirited individuals in Nigeria, especially in southwest to emulate the benevolent gesture of Sir Adebutu by supporting the governments’ efforts to combat the deadly virus.
All the representatives of the benefitting states on behalf of their respective governments expressed gratitude to the gesture of Sir Adebutu.
