The Abuja Concerned Citizens Forum (ACCF) has urged commercial banks and other corporate bodies who are already committing large amount of money to the COVID-19 Relief Fund to channel such donations directly to the suffering masses who really need the support at this time.

The Forum, in a statement issued by its Director of Media, Ms Racheal Ogbonna on Wednesday stated that despite the billions that have been reportedly donated by these corporate bodies, Abuja residents, particularly those in the sur-burbs and satellite towns are yet to get any help.

She stated that reports from the group's Incident Officers monitoring developments around the Federal Capital Territory during this period of lockdown shows that the masses are beginning to get disenchanted as hopes of government relief package getting to them is not in sight.

The group then urged Banks and other corporate organisations to borrow a leaf from some of their counterparts in Lagos who have devised a means of directly reaching their customers and the general public with palliatives.