Arewa Youths Trust Foundation (AYTF) has urged the committee disbursing the N250 million donated by music act David Adeleke (Davido) to orphanage homes to show integrity and be fair in the distribution.
In a rare humanitarian gesture to mark his 29th birthday, Davido decided to give the N201 million from his crowd funding appeal to fans and fellow musicians to charity.
Davido, who, in three days, got N201 million from friends and well-wishers, added N50 million of his own, and said he intended to give all the money to less privileged.
AYTF urged the singer to keep the committee in check and ensure effective distribution, especially in the northern parts of the country where there were large numbers of orphans and vulnerable households.
It said N251 million, if shared judiciously, would ameliorate and suppress the plight and suffering of selected orphans across the country.
In a statement, the foundation’s team leader, Dr Fahad Ahmed Chikaji, hailed the singer for considering the North.
Chikaji said: “It is commendable that Davido remembered orphans in the North because the distance between the region and where he comes from have a cordial and mutual relationship with the North in trade, marriage and others.
“We can’t thank him better, considering the orphans in the northern parts of the country and not allowing distance to remain a barrier to the humanitarian gesture…
“We have numerous orphans in this part of the country that cannot raise their voices unless for some of us the NGOs that have been speaking for them.
“We pray for him and are ready to assist in providing details and locations of the most vulnerable even among the orphanages to the person in charge of the distribution in the North.
“We call on Prof. Yahana Joel Asabe of the Northern Nigerian Seventh Day Adventist Union Conference, who is a member of the committee set up to oversee the North, to project the integrity of northerners by doing the job diligently…”