Nigerian singer Davido Keeping with tradition, has pledged a sum of ₦300 million to be shared to orphanages in Nigeria through his foundation. Davido disclosed this in a post shared on his X, formerly Twitter, handle on Tuesday. He added that he will share details of the disbursement on Wednesday.
The Grammy-nominated singer announced his intentions via his
official Instagram, saying, “I and my foundation pledge the sum of 300 million
naira to orphanages around Nigeria as my yearly contribution to the nation
details of disbursement tomorrow.”
Davido founded the Davido Adeleke Foundation in 2022 with
the help of other charitable organisations, in a bid to help vulnerable
children. In July 2023, he proudly announced the foundation donated over 200
million to orphanages in the country and 13,818 children benefited from it. He
also promised to donate some more money in 2024.
In the press release posted at the time, he said: “I founded
the DAF in 2022 with a strong desire and passion to continually assist and
create a proper framework for the ongoing charitable works to benefit the good
people of Nigeria. Through this Foundation we have raised millions of Naira and
dispersed much-needed funds to hundreds of orphanages significantly improving
the lives of countless children.”
The charitable tradition began back in 2021 after the
singer’s birthday, when he made over ₦200 million in donations after sharing
his bank account details on his Twitter (now X) page. After amassing the large
sum of money, the singer announced that he planned to donate it all to
orphanages across Nigeria, “I am delighted to announce that all the funds
received totaling ₦200,000,000 will be donated to orphanages across Nigeria as
well as the Paroche Foundation,” he said.
Keeping to his word, he disbursed the funds after adding ₦50
million.