The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Friday, received a N500 million donation from the United Bank for Africa (UBA) to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in Abuja.

FCT minister, Malam Muhammed Musa Bello, who received the cheque from the Vice-Chairman of UBA, Ambassador Joe Keshi in Abuja, said the donation was the first hefty sum received by the administration since the onset of COVID-19.

According to a statement by minister's Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Anthony Ogunleye, Malam Bello appreciated the bank for such a generous donation.

The money, the minister said, would serve as a major boost in the efforts by the administration to nip the spread of the virus in the bud in the FCT.

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