Big Brother Naija Season 5 winner, Olamilekan Agbeleshebioba, aka Laycon has shown support to patients with sickle cell in Nigeria by donating funds for their care.
Although the reality TV star didn’t make the donation public, his act of charity was only made public by a Twitter user, identified as Ekun Bolaji, whose family benefited from Laycon”s kindness.
According to the Twitter user, her cousin took her son to sickle cell foundation to get drug and was told to pay little amount of money because Laycon gave them money to treat Sickle Cell patients.
This was confirmed by TOHAI Nigeria, a health access initiative, who disclosed the music artiste’s contribution via tweet. The tweet reads, “Thank you @itsLaycon for donating to sickle cell warriors support in Nigeria. Asa an organization for newborn screening for Sickle Cell disease and associated treatments for children in low resources settings in Nigeria, we appreciate your generosity. God bless you big”
Recall that Laycon revealed his SC genotype on the Big Brother Reality show. He has decided to give back to the community by making life easier for sickle cell patients.
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