President Goodluck Jonathan

By Muhammad Bello

The hurdle that may militate against financial institutions, federal agencies and other corporate organisations making sizeable donations to the Dangote-Agbakoba Presidential Flood Relief Committee has been removed by the federal government.

President Goodluck Jonathan, Thursday announced at the fund raising dinner of the committee, tagged: ‘Lend a Helping Hand,’ held at the Banquet Hall of the State House, Abuja that this became necessary in order to encourage them to donate their widow’s might to the alleviation of the sufferings of the recent flood victims.

The sum of N11,075,095,000 was realised from the fund raising with the highest donations of N2.5 billion each coming from Alhaji Aliko Dangote and the apex government.

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