Business tycoons including Aliko Dangote and Herbert Wigwe are spearheading a coalition of private-sector organisations to support the Federal Government in tackling the coronavirus (COVID-19) virus in Nigeria.
The initiative, which is called the Coalition Against Coronavirus (COCAVID), will involve the erection of fully-equipped medical tents to house patients and serve as training, testing, isolation, and treatment centres. This also includes an additional facility in Victoria Island, Lagos.
The initiative according to a statement made available to Channels Television by Aliko Dangote Foundation on Wednesday is led by Dangote Industries Limited and Access Bank Group in collaboration with Zenith Bank, GTBank, MTN, ITB, and others.