The governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq, has announced that he will be donating his 10 months salary to help with the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic in Nigeria. 

This was announced in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye.

According to the statement, the government has organised a committee that would see to the provision of palliative measure to the people of the state to help with the effect of the stay-home-order.

rallied support for the state’s campaign to keep coronavirus out of the state.

According to the statement, Governor Abdulrazaq said, “I have directed the technical committee on COVID-19 to begin distribution of palliatives, including foodstuffs to the people this week even as I call on everyone to stay at home and stay safe and maintain social distancing.”

The governor also declared that he will be donating his 10-months salaries from May 29, 2019, to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

“Whereas our state has no confirmed case of coronavirus as at now, we have been taking every step necessary to ensure we keep Kwara safe.

“Such measures have included keeping our people at home while we ramp up investments in our capacity to cope with this global health emergency,” the Governor said.

 “This time calls for sacrifice from everyone as humanity needs all the help it can get. For this reason, I hereby donate 100% of my monthly salary since May 29 2019, to our efforts to prevent this virus from getting to us, provide palliatives to our people, as well as boost our capacity to cope if it ever comes.”

The governor also lauded members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), for giving half their monthly pay to the Nationwide efforts to battle the virus.