The Nigerian Breweries Plc has donated the sum of six Hundred Million Naira (N600,000,000.00) to the Federal and some state governments, as part of efforts to support the curb against COVID -19.
The Company’s Managing Director, Mr Jordi Borrut Bel confirmed that the N600 million donation comprises of the following:
1. A N250 million cash donation to the Federal Government, through the Coalition Against COVID-19 (CA-COVID), the private sector-led special intervention fund managed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN);
2. N250 million cash donation to 7 State Governments’ Task Force Against COVID-19. Lagos and Ogun States will receive the sum of One Hundred Million Naira (N100m) and Fifty Million Naira (N50M) respectively being COVID-19 frontline states while five other states of Kaduna, Oyo, Enugu, Abia and Imo will get N20M each.
3. N100 million worth of relief materials comprising: Provision of 5 double-cabin vehicles for use by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in Abuja, Lagos, Ogun and Kaduna States.
