The Punch Newspaper Sunday, reported President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign for the 2015 elections received a huge financial boost on Saturday after ‘businessmen, multinational organizations, interest groups and individuals donated the sum of N21.27bn to support his campaign for the 2015 presidential election.’ Here is a list of those who donated to the President GEJ 2015 Election Campaign.
- The chairman of the occasion, Mr. Tunde Ayeni, set the ball rolling, when he announced a donation of N2bn.He said the sum consisted of N1bn donated by him and his partner, and another N1bn contributed by their unnamed friends.
- Players in the Oil and Gas sector announced a donation of N5bn;
- Those in Real Estate and Building donated N4bn;
- Transport and Aviation, N1bn;
- Food and Agriculture, N500m;
- Power, N500m; Construction, N310m;
- Road Construction, N250m;
- National Automative Association, N450m;
- Shelter Development Limited, N250m.
- The Chairman of the fundraiser committee, Prof. Jerry Gana, said his friends and associates in the power sector were donating N5bn.
- The PDP Governors Forum announced a total donation of N1.05billion.
- The Bauchi State Governor, Isa Yuguda, who spoke on behalf of the PDP governors, said each 21 of them would donate N50m each.
- The SIFAX Group announced N100m donation, while PDP stakeholders in Rivers State supported Jonathan’s bid with N50m.
- The 15 states on the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission donated a total of N15million, among other donations.
