Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – One of Africa’s leading financial institutions, Ecobank International Incorporated, has donated US$50,000 to the Sierra Leonean Government in support of its efforts to curtail the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), which has killed hundreds of people in the country.
A representative of the Chief Executive Officer of the Bank, Mr. Clement Dodoo, made the donation to President Ernest Koroma in his office at the State House in Freetown, the nation’s capital.
“In the spirit of Pan-Africanism, we at Ecobank believe that the current Ebola menace is a fight for all of us in the country and on the wider African continent,” Mr. Dodoo said.
The bank representative also lauded the measures put in place by the government and others in the Mano River Union, which groups Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, in an effort to combat the virus.
“We believe your government needs all the resources it requires to fight this menace and we cannot sit and allow the government to go it alone,” the bank official added.
The statement quoted President Koroma as extending the heartfelt appreciation of the government for the gesture.
Ecobank said it was pursuing similar Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Guinea and Liberia, which have also been seriously affected by the EVD.
