Making the donation, the CBN governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, who led a delegation of the bank, said they would have visited Madalla a day after similar visit to victims of Kano bomb blast but the Reverend Father of St. Theresa's Catholic Church said he was travelling on the appointed day and also travelled out of the country the following week.
Sanusi said that the donation was in line with the bank's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) which was approved in 2006, enabling the bank to support people in times of need.
Sanusi, who sympathized with the church members and Madalla community over the unfortunate incident, described the incident as not only heinous but barbaric.
"What happened on December 25 was tragic because it has a bad implication for the country. Attacking a church on a Sunday or a mosque on a Friday during the period of worship is an attack on an entire faith," he said.
He said as a mark of solidarity and assistance, the CBN vacated one of its branches to provide accommodation to the victims of the bombing of United Nations building in July 2011.
Speaking, the Parish Priest of the Church, Rev Father Isaac Achi commended the CBN for the gesture, adding that the donation would be channelled to the affected victims.
He said the incident robbed them of the joy that goes with the Christmas season as it affected 127 people including the 44 that died.
The Parish Priest said that they still have four victims at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital while 12 others are at the National Hospital.
Also, the Bishop of Minna Diocese Most Rev. Matthias Uzoukwu commended Sanusi for the visit which he said would go a long way to assist the widows, widowers, orphans and those still receiving treatment in hospitals.
The CBN had donated N100m to the victims of the Kano attack in which over 180 died.
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