By GLORIA USMAN, ABUJA – As part of the efforts aimed at ensuring seamless collection of financial donations made towards the fight against Corona virus, the Federal Government on Monday announced that a total of N1,689,757,489.87 has so far been received as part of COVID-19 eradication support donations.
Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) Ahmed Idris, who announced this, said that the collection was from April 1, to May 31, 2020 through designated commercial banks accounts and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Treasury Single Account (TSA).
The AGF’s announcement was contained in a public notice on the details of the donations received through DMBs and CBN/TSA.
The Federal Government, through the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, opened commercial banks accounts, in addition to the CBN/TSA account, through which donations to support the eradication of COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria could be made to ensure effective and efficient coordination and management of the funds.
A breakdown of the N1,689,757,489.87 received from the inception of accounts, indicated that a total donation of N792,121,613.89 was received from April 1, to May 8, 2020, while N 897,635,875.98 was received from 9th May 9 to 31, 2020.
Similarly, from the N897,635,875.98 received from 9th May9 to 31, 2020 showed that the total amount received through Commercial Banks was N710,076,331.60, while the total received through CBN/TSA was N187,559,544.38.
In the same vein, from May 9 to 31, 2020, the sum of N100,005,000.00 was received through Zenith Bank, while N507,753,731.60 was received through First Bank, just as N2,210,100.00 was received through Access Bank and N100,107,500.00 was received through GT Bank.
The other batch was from April 1 to May 8, 2020 which collection showed that N792,121,613.89 was received earlier and made public.
