Super Eagles and Nothingham Forest striker, Taiwo Awoniyi yesterday make cash donations to the needy at the Ilorin General Hospital in the Kwara State capital.
The former Union Berlin of Germany marksman was received and conducted round the wards by the hospital’s Chief Medical Director (CMD), Dr. Bola Abdulkadir into the facility.
In one of the wards, a female cancer patient was introduced to him for help. He paid for all the four remaining doses – each at N107,000 – that the woman required for a particular injection.
Another patient who needed N5,000 to get oxygen for one of her children received over N100,000 from the former Liverpool forward, while he also supported two old men with N100,000.
Awoniyi’s many donations came after he had presented envelopes containing cash to several patients at the hospital receiving treatments.
The Nothingham Forest striker also initiated several unaccounted donations at the hospital before departing for his usual off season training.
The CMD thanked the Nigerian striker for deeming it feat to visit the hospital to make donations to the patients.
He said that government alone cannot shoulder all the responsibility hence the need for the well-to-do individuals to be of help.
He solicited the support of the striker where he urged him to make donation to a foundation in the hospital to have the funds accessed for the needy.
Earlier, Awoniyi visited the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Zulu-Gambari, where the chairman of Kwara Traditional Council prayed for his success in the upcoming season and beyond.
