A fundraising campaign launched to get a prosthetic leg for Jane, a disabled #EndSARS protester, has raked in N3.7 million in less than four hours.
Nonso Egemba, a Nigerian medical expert better known as Aproko Doctor, launched the fundraiser in the early hours of Sunday.
According to Aproko Doctor, the lady graduated in 2013 but she has been unable to get a job due to her disability.
He had earlier enjoined Nigerians to donate N500,000 within a month to help support the cause.
“This is Jane. She’s been unemployed since 2013 partly because of her disability, she came out in the #EndSARS protests and we need to help. Please click the link below to donate to this, if you can’t donate, please retweet, someone might see it on your timeline,” he wrote on Twitter.
This is Jane.
She's been unemployed since 2013 partly because of her disability, she came out in the #EndSARS protests and we need to help.
AdvertisementPlease click the link below to donate to this, if you can't donate, please RT, someone might see it on your TLhttps://t.co/LrY7nkgoRr pic.twitter.com/e8kFyG5gNf
— Aproko Doctor (@aproko_doctor) October 18, 2020
Thirty minutes after the launch, the N500,000 target was achieved, and Egemba later announcing that the target had been increased.
I created the donate link for Jane with a 30 day period in mind for 500,000. I thought Nigerians were stretched thin from giving for the #EndSARS protests
Said a little prayer then posted the link
In less than 4 hours, we raised 3.2 Million naira and counting
A new Nigeria!
Advertisement— Aproko Doctor (@aproko_doctor) October 18, 2020
As of the time this report was filed, 619 people have donated ₦ 3,708,500 to support the purchase of prosthetic leg.
Akproko Doctor said the development signals a new dawn in Nigeria.
“They’ll make you think this country won’t work because of tribe and religion, gender etc. We’ve shown them that they want it that way because of their selfish interests! A new Nigeria is emerging! We’ll be here for it!”
They'll make you think this country won't work because of tribe and religion, gender etc.
We've shown them that they want it that way because of their selfish interests!
A new Nigeria is emerging!
We'll be here for it!
— Aproko Doctor (@aproko_doctor) October 18, 2020
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