Nigerian Music super Star Innocent Idibia popularly known as 2Baba has pledged to donate 60 percent of the proceeds from his new song to the Nigerian office of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) to assist Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
The African music legend, who is the chairman of the Tuface Foundation, made the pledge on Thursday when he visited the UNHCR office in Abuja.
2baba during the visitation said the new song would be launched in commemoration of the World Refugees Day schedule for June 20.
Idibia said “I have decided to dedicate my time, resources and my voice to support the UNHCR in this massive endeavor of alleviating the sufferings of displaced persons. On the June 20th which is the world refugees’ day, I am going to be commissioning a song and this song will be monetized. 60 per cent of the proceeds will be donated to the UNHCR to further its humanitarian effort to alleviating the plights of refugees and IDPs. We want people to join in this campaign by downloading the song to use it as their ring tones, caller back tones”
according to 2baba, the download, which would cost between N50 to N100, it’s an opportunity for every Nigerian to contribute in their own little way to the course of assisting displaced persons.
The Deputy Representative on Protection, UNHCR, Bridgette Mukanga-Eno who appreciated the Tuface foundation for supporting UNHCR in its intervention in the North-East said that the collaboration started when the agency received a donation from the foundation in February to support its activities in the North-East.
Eno added that from the donation, vocational facilities including mechanic trainings, iron bending, carpentry for the men and sewing for the ladies among others.
