Bright Ukpabi, a Nigerian singer, popularly known as Mr Dutch through his foundation has fed thousands of Nigerians.
The COVID-19 Food Relief Programme initiated by Mr Dutch Foundation ease the hardship of the COVID-19 pandemic which resulted in the lockdown imposed by the Federal Government of Nigeria.
He said he was able to achieve this through his “COVID-19 Food Relief Programme” to four States, which includes, Imo State, Edo State, Lagos State, and the Federal Capital Territory.
He said:
“We have been able to feed more than 50 thousand people, although we were not really counting numbers of people in some locations we reached out to 2 thousand people, some places were about 1 thousand while some locations were 5 hundred people,” he said in a chat with The Nation.
“We cooked in the morning and afternoon, we wore our masks and gloves and made sure we implemented the social distancing.
“We have been doing this to help people in the little way we can. We also look forward to having more sponsors and volunteers to join us,” he added.
He continued, “We just organised volunteers and avoided any mistakes. If you watch our video you would see that we observed social distancing between people and between us.”
The “Antidote” crooner also explained how he was able to set off the programme in four different States almost at the same time.
“I wasn’t physically present in all the locations so what I did was, to post online and request for sponsors and volunteers, some people sponsored with cash while some living in the States volunteered and distributed food, wearing our vest and polo, confirming we are an NGO so the police allow them to distribute it to people in the street.
“Although I didn’t participate in all the locations I organized volunteers from different States and our representatives in those States did the follow-up,” he said.
“We are looking forward to reaching out to Abia State, Ogun State, Benue State and other States of Nigeria,” he said.
His first song of 2020 is “Keys to My Heart”, a song dedicated to lovers on St Valentine’s Day.
Mr Dutch is also known for his songs; ‘Antidote’, ‘Better Soup’ and ‘Eno Finish’ featuring Burna Boy.