Davido fulfills promise, disburses N250m to 292 orphanages

By Matthew Eloyi

Nigeria’s music sensation, David Adeleke, a.k.a. Davido, has made good on his promise by donating N250 million to orphanages around the country.

This was disclosed by the musician in a statement posted on Tuesday night via his official Twitter account.

Davido provided an update as well as the names of the orphanages that benefited from his generosity.

“I am pleased to announce that the disbursement is complete and so far, total of N250,000,000 has been disbursed to 292 orphanages.

“In the spirit of transparency I thought it wise to give to you my loyal supporters, fans friends and family an update in this regard,” he tweeted.

Davido expressed gratitude to the committee he set up to actualise the project, saying it is a “committee of high calibre and principled people” who dedicated their time to ensure the job was done.

Applauding his fans, family and friends, Davido said “we rise by lifting others.”

It would be recalled that in November 2021, the singer asked his friends to gift him N1 million each ahead of his birthday.

He was gifted N200 million in less than 48 hours and Davido in turn decided to donate the money to orphanages across the country.

Davido added N50 million from his personal purse to make it N250 million.