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EndSARS campaign receives over N77m in donations
By Emmanuel Awosika
Feminist Coalition, a non-governmental organisation and key supporter of the ongoing EndSARS protests has received over N77m in donations toward supporting the protests.
The group revealed this in a statement published on its Twitter account on Thursday, titled ‘Progress Report – October 15th, 2020’.
According to the report, the NGO had received more than N77m in cash donations from Nigerians — at home and abroad — to assist protests calling for an end to the notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad and widespread police brutality in the country.
“Over the past week, there has been a peaceful uprising by the Nigerian youth, demanding for the disbandment of the notorious SARS unit, and the end to police brutality and an unjust judicial system.
“Like everyone else, we decided to play our part and help fight the injustice through fundraising in order to sustain the peaceful protests and ensure the safety of Nigerians exercising their civic rights – by providing food, water and other refreshments, masks, medical aid, and legal aid for protesters.
“We have raised a total sum of: NGN 62,643,663.05; USD 11,474.34 (N4.3m), CAD 5,595.89 (N1.6m), GBP 5,733.49 (N2.8m), EUR 875.42 (N390,225), GHS 1,256.70 (N81,823), KES 53,016.60 (183,656) and BTC 1.28827988 (N5.5m).
“With these funds, we have supported 100 peaceful protests in 25 states, paid NGN 759,080 in medical bills for injured protesters, donated NGN 400,000 to the families of victims murdered by police officers while protesting peacefully, paid NGN 500,000 in legal aid and spent N 11,367,500 on supplies including food, water, mask among other things for the peaceful protesters,” the statement reads in part.
Young adults in various parts of the country have taken to the streets to protest police brutality and killings. The protests, over a week old, have stalled economic activities across the country.
