Chairman UBA Group, Tony Elumelu
on behalf of the Pan –African Bank, the United Bank for Africa plc(UBA)
has donated half a million dollars to the people of Sierra Leone to
assist them with relief efforts after the recent and devastating
mudslides in the country.
Speaking at the State House in Freetown, Elumelu said ‘This has touched the deepest parts of our hearts and writing a letter is not enough to convey the feelings of our people and hence I decided to make this trip. Having seen the level of devastation and the impact it is having on the people of Sierra Leone, I would like to support the effort in rehabilitating the men and women in the affected areas by donating the sum of $500,000 on behalf of the UBA group and the Tony Elumelu Foundation. This is little and symbolic and can only be a bit of help because the victims need much more than financial support. They need people to rally round them. We pray that God will bring fortitude to them. Sierra Leonians are very resilient.”
Sierra Leonian President Ernest Koroma, moved by this gesture said to the Chairman of UBA, ‘let me say that I am very much encouraged by the letter you earlier sent with the sentiments expressed and that it didn’t end there. You continue to be of support to the people of Sierra Leone. Your institution, UBA came after the war to provide services required to support our rebuilding effort. During our fight against Ebola you were here as a bank and also as a Foundation to give us great support. We are very grateful as a nation and know that in you, we have a brother’.
The mudslides which have left nearly 500 people confirmed dead and hundreds more missing, is the third in a string of disasters over the past two decades, that have devastated the West African country.
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| Group Chairman UBA Tony O. Elumelu, former President Olusegun Obasanjo and H.E President Ernest Koroma visiting a survivor of the mudslide disaster in Freetown , Sierra Leone — at Connaught Hospital. |
Speaking at the State House in Freetown, Elumelu said ‘This has touched the deepest parts of our hearts and writing a letter is not enough to convey the feelings of our people and hence I decided to make this trip. Having seen the level of devastation and the impact it is having on the people of Sierra Leone, I would like to support the effort in rehabilitating the men and women in the affected areas by donating the sum of $500,000 on behalf of the UBA group and the Tony Elumelu Foundation. This is little and symbolic and can only be a bit of help because the victims need much more than financial support. They need people to rally round them. We pray that God will bring fortitude to them. Sierra Leonians are very resilient.”
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H.E President Ernest Koroma and Group Chairman UBA, Tony O. Elumelu at the Connaught Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone — with Tony Elumelu. |
Sierra Leonian President Ernest Koroma, moved by this gesture said to the Chairman of UBA, ‘let me say that I am very much encouraged by the letter you earlier sent with the sentiments expressed and that it didn’t end there. You continue to be of support to the people of Sierra Leone. Your institution, UBA came after the war to provide services required to support our rebuilding effort. During our fight against Ebola you were here as a bank and also as a Foundation to give us great support. We are very grateful as a nation and know that in you, we have a brother’.
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Group Chairman Tony O. Elumelu, Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and Sierra Leonian President, Ernest Koroma visiting a victim of the mudslide disaster at the Connaught Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone — at Connaught Hospital. |
The mudslides which have left nearly 500 people confirmed dead and hundreds more missing, is the third in a string of disasters over the past two decades, that have devastated the West African country.
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