Edge’s News: DavidO “We rise by lifting others”.............💗💖💝👏👏👊🙏🙏🙌🙌🙌

Nigerian Afrobeat superstar Davido has raised over N200M in just 2 days equivalent to about $400,000, he made the request on his social media handle calling for his friends and colleagues in the entertainment industry to donate for his upcoming birthday and they all responded with an overwhelming support for the artist.

We @edge know Davido is an extremely generous soul who loves to help and give back whenever he can. He is willing to help anyone careless of affiliation, knowing the type man he is, we already suspected that a massive surprise was coming at the end of the donation….read here. Davido has now rounded donation up by adding N50M of his own money bringing the total to N250M.

No we have not in anyway benefited from Davido in anyway or form, we sincerely believe it takes a certain kind of belief in oneself and the strength of conviction to carry out such a massive generous act. He should be applauded the world over.

Below is a tweet of what his plans are for the donation:

We rise by lifting others ❤️ pic.twitter.com/6C5n7HsvqE
— Davido (@davido) November 20, 2021

If every Nigerian celebrity emulates Davido’s action the country will be slightly better for it… as a great man once said:

“Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country”.. - John F. Kennedy

Sometimes we need to put complains aside and step-up to do something amazing as this.

May there be many like him with genuine heart of generosity. We are not aware if you read our blog, in case you do remember this, you have shown the world and Nigerian leaders the amount of pull and influence you have, this will not go unrecognised so come Election 2023 we will need your help to put the most deserving person as Nigerian President.

God Bless you Davido, we @edge are very proud of you.

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