Davido donates his ₦250m gift to orphanages, sets up committee [VIDEO]

Nigerian music superstar Davido has decided to donate the N200 million given to him by his friends and fans plus a personal donation of N50 million to orphanages.

In a statement he released this afternoon, the N250 million is to be distributed to orphanages across the country. He said a 5-man committee has been set up to monitor the distribution of the funds.

On Wednesday, David asked his friends and fans to donate N1m each to him for his birthday.

Though the goal was to raise N100m, the singer received over N201m in cash transfers in less than two days after asking colleagues for N1m.

Following the successful contribution, the singer has decided to give back to society and has set up a committee to monitor the progress.

In his statement, titled, ‘Donation of N250,000,000.00 to orphanages across Nigeria,’ the singer listed the five people who would make up the committee.

Read Davido‘s statement below:

Also, in a video shared on his Instagram page, Davido said not that he is being corky, but he knows he doesn’t need the money while some people really need the money. He said he will be adding N50 million of his money, making it N251 million to be distributed to different orphanages.

”The love that people have shown me is really unbelievable. I used to question myself like ‘is being a good person even worth it’ because I remember many people be like David you are too nice, you are too free, you are too accessible, you are too this, you are too that and it got to a point where I was even even thinking to myself like is this thing affecting me…but these past few days have shown me that no man..I appreciate it.

A lot of people have called me saying ‘it’s your money, keep it. Don’t listen to what people are saying’. Not to be corky, The money is a lot. I wouldn’t say I don’t need it but I think there are more people who need it more than me.

People were like sending me N5000, N2000, N3000, N100. This might be there last bar.

Right now we are at N201 million. I have decided to donate all the money in Nigeria. I am going to add N50 million of my own money. So that i N251 million that I am going to be disbursing” he said.