As part of efforts to assist
displaced persons, Tuface Foundation is organising a fund raising charity
concert to support the activities of the UN High Commission for Refugees
(UNHCR) in the North-East.
Musical icon Innocent Idibia,
popularly known as Tuface, made this known while briefing journalists on
Thursday in Abuja.
Tuface said that the concert
would take place on Sunday at Transcorp Hilton, Hotel, Abuja, and urged
Nigerians to support the cause.
He said that 60 per cent of the
proceeds would be donated to UNHCR to support its interventions in the
North-East.
According to him, the
humanitarian challenges in the North-East are enormous and a big task for the
UNHCR.
He said that he had pledged his
commitment to support the UNHCR in alleviating the plight of displaced persons.
The assistance, he said, would
not be limited to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) but also to Nigerian
refugees in other countries, who are victims of the Book Haram insurgency.
The singer urged Nigerians to
support the cause by attending the concert and by downloading his newly released
song dedicated to the displaced persons as their ring and caller back tones.
“I am very proud to support the
UN Refugee Agency at the forefront of the displacement emergencies.
“Who will support our brothers
and sisters, if we don’t?
“I care deeply about the IDPs and
refugees cause and I promised in February to hold this charity concert and this
is happening.
“I am dedicating my music and
talent to this noble cause and I challenge everybody to do the same; let us
make Africa great again.”
Tuface said that visiting the
North-East seeing things for himself, further made him to know the true
situation in the region, which a lot of people were not aware of.
He commended UNHCR for its
transparency and judicious use of resources for its interventions.
He also urged the government to
do more in assisting the IDPs and to ensure that peace and normalcy returned to
the region in due time.
In his remarks, Mr Jose-Anthonio
Canhandula, UNHCR Representative to Nigeria, thanked Tuface for supporting the
Agency’s intervention in the North-East.
Canhandula was represented by Mr
Hollo Roger, UNHCR’s Senior Liaison Officer to the Economic Community of West
Africa States (ECOWAS) Commission.
He said that with the global
displacement figure reaching over 65 million, the needs were enormous while
funding contributions were inadequate for the actual requirement.
“Unless we combine forces with
the powerful voices of Tubaba and others, the begging bowls of alms will remain
with us.
“In the light of the huge funding
needs, Africa’s private sector can be key in by supporting UNHCR’s efforts
towards refugees and displaced persons.
“The resources that this concert
can raise will help ensure that displaced families are provided with shelter,
water, health, education and other essentials, ‘’ Canhandula said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that in February, the Tuface Foundation made the first donation of N3.5
million to UNHCR and promised to do a new song in honour of the refugees and
IDPs.
The song was released on June 20
in commemoration of the 2017 World Refugees Day.
He further promised that 60 per
cent of the proceeds would be donated to UNHCR to support its interventions in
the North-East.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that the concert, dubbed “Eargasm”, will feature other artists with
tickets to be sold for the highest table at N3 million and the lowest for
N50,000.
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