The cheque, which was presented by the Managing Director of ASO Savings & Loans Plc, Mr Hassan Musa Usman, was received by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Ambassador Abdulkadir A.Musa at his office in Abuja.
Usman said the donation is for the erection of a Call Center and procurement of Overhead Tanks specifically in the affected areas in Ogoni land. “This is to help support the ongoing plans for the cleanup of oil spills in Ogoni, Rivers State. I pledged my organisation’s commitment to supporting HYPREP in their noble initiative of ridding the region of the degradation and pollution caused by oil spills in the State,” the mortgage finance expert explained.
Expressing gratitude at the gesture, Ambassador Abdulkadir A.Musa commended ASO for their support and called on other Corporate Organisations to support the government’s initiative by joining the cleanup campaign.
Explaining how the funds will be expended, the National Coordinator for the project, Mrs Joy Nunieh-Okunnu, said out of the N15 million donated by the bank, N10 million would be spent on overhead tanks while the balance would be used to construct an emergency call centre for HYPREP.
Source: The Nation
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