Coronavirus: European Union Grants Nigeria 50 Million Euros
European Union (EU) donates a grant of €50 million to the Federal Government, their contribution to Nigeria’s fight against #COVID19,
Joy Kalu 
The European Union has made a whopping donation of €50 million, which equates to 21 billion Naira in local currency towards the fight against the novel coronavirus.
This was made public by Bashir Ahmad, a presidential aide in a statement on his official Twitter handle on Tuesday.
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“The European Union’s €50 million (N21bn) donation to Nigeria is the largest support the Union has so far given to any country outside the Europe, the @EUinNigeria’s Amb. Ketil Karlsen discloses this at a meeting with President @MBuhari this afternoon, at the State House, Abuja,” Ahmad tweeted.
"Nigeria welcomes the European Union’s contribution of the sum of N21 billion (50 million Euros) to support our efforts at controlling the spread of the #Covid19 pandemic. The EU is channeling the donation through the United Nations (UN) #COVID19 Basket Fund for Nigeria," Presidency tweeted.
