City, State/Country — Early Friday, na wah! The so-called Diogo Jota Foundation wey claim say dem don raise almost £50,000 for good causes don land for ground zero. Abeg, wetin happen? E be like say dis foundation no get any connection with Diogo Jota family or Liverpool FC as dem don clear am since Thursday. Spoiler alert: di funding wey dem talk about no dey legit o!
Diogo Jota, wey unfortunately pass away last month, go perfect the headlines again. E be like dem don establish di foundation just three days after im death, and na im time dem report say dem don raise £47,715. Dem dey claim say dem wan empower youth, uplift communities, and spread dat football joy. But turns out say di foundation be like mirage or maybe na pipe dream!
As we dey talk, di foundation website, diogojotafoundation.org, don turn blank like wetin we dey see for empty calabash. Plenti logos of big brands like Liverpool, Allianz, and Portuguese NGOs dey display for di site, but as dem contact di companies, all of dem deny any knowledge of di whole setup. You fit imagine wetin e mean when big names dey run from you like say dem see leprosy!
Di Charity Commission sef don yarn say no application don enter for registration. E clear say if di charity dey earn more than £5,000, dem suppose register. Instead, di foundation instead just dey chop breeze while claiming say na charitable work dem dey do. Na so dem dey shine toothpick for poor paddy mouth. Everybody dey ask, ‘who send dem waka?’
Dem say di foundation wan celebrate Jota’s legacy and help youth but instead e just be like Naija drama. Dem talk say dem don give out 25,000 meals, sponsor 300 schoolchildren, and form 50 local partnerships. But in di end, na lip service be dis o! E no get any credible proof say dem fulfil dis promises. Na only for gists dem dey shine!
To add more salt to injury, di foundation only dey collect donations in cryptocurrency! Wetin be dis? Why dem wan make am so complex? As dem dey send all di funds to NOWPayments, di CEO of di company, Kate Lifshits, don debunk di whole matter. She talk say dem never process any payment for dis foundation. Ensure say di kan fraudsters no carry your hard-earned cash go. Fraudsters dey use bad idea to collect money this days!
Even Liverpool FC don talk say dem no dey affiliated with dis mystery organization, but dem don already start dem own charitable initiative for Jota’s name with grassroots football program. Reality dey crash with dreams, and e don clear say dis foundation no fit make am!
To wrap am up, dis whole situation dey very fishy. Di Fundraising Regulator sef don caution people say no make donation to any foundation wey no register as charity, or else you fit end up with goose egg instead of good cause. So wetin you go do? Just shine your eye and watch out for fake paddy!
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