Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa, is taking his charity gesture to another level.
He has donated an unprecedented amount of N100m to the needy, especially widows, arguably unprecedented at least among footballers.
He donated the N100 million to 5,000 widows and other les-privileged women in Plateau.
Also recently, the footballer had donated N2m to embattled member of Nigeria’s Atlanta ’96 Olympics Golden Dream Team, Kingsley Obiekwu, who appeared to have slipped from stardom, then driving a cab.
Mr Williams Gyang, a member of Musa’s media team, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Jos.
Gyang said that the donation was part of Musa’s philanthropic gesture, aimed at cushioning the hardship being faced by the beneficiaries.
He explained that the beneficiaries cut across various religions, saying that hunger, poverty and squalor knew no tribe or religion.
”The economic hardship that people are facing is huge and this is my little way of showing love and care for widows and less privileged persons in our society.
”So, I want to call on spirited individuals to support the poor ones in the society,” he said.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Maryam Abdullahi, one of the beneficiaries, thanked the footballer for he gesture and described him as Godsent.
“We are finding it difficult to feed our families because of the high cost of living.
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”This money will go a long way to alleviate our sufferings and boost our petty businesses,” she said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Musa has been carrying out such philanthropic gestures since he came into limelight as a professional footballer
