Friday,
March 27, 2020 /08:54 PM / by NNPC Group / Header Image
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...As Corporation Supports Uni. of Abuja Teaching
Hospital With Medical Equipment
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),
International Oil Companies (IOCs) as well as Independent Oil Companies in the
Upstream and Downstream Sectors, have donated N11billion to the Nigeria Centre
for Disease Control (NCDC) as part of its support to combat the Coronavirus
pandemic in the Country.
Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mallam Mele
Kyari, made this disclosure during a press briefing at the NNPC Towers in Abuja
Friday, a release by the Corporation's Group General Manager, Group Public
Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru, has stated.
Mallam Kyari said in recognition of the impact of
Coronavirus (COVID -19) pandemic on the Nigerian population and the economy,
the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry embarked on an Industry-wide collaborative
initiative to support the effort to combat the pandemic and its attendant
impact.
"The intervention initiative is in alignment with the
ongoing Federal Government's efforts and in collaboration with the
NCDC to curb the pandemic. It is aimed at supporting our national healthcare
delivery facilities and covers three key thematic areas: Provision of medical
consumables; Deployment of logistics and in-patient support system; and
Delivery of medical infrastructure.
The three thematic support initiatives amount to
USD30million (N11bilion naira) and will be delivered in phases, starting
today," Mallam Kyari informed.
He noted that the increasing demand for medical services,
medical consumables covering testing kits, medical protective suits and
ambulances to the highly impacted areas across the federation informed the
intervention of the Oil Industry.
The NNPC helmsman added that as a responsive and
responsible Industry, the Oil and Gas Industry is taking this action to
strengthen the collective national resolve to stem the pandemic.
He stated that the effort was a collaboration between
the NNPC and its partners in the Upstream and Downstream Sector of the
nation's oil and gas value chain.
The NNPC GMD stressed that as a National Oil Company,
the corporation on its own, would equip the intensive care unit of the
University of Abuja Teaching hospital with 16 beds; provide ventilators and a
dedicated laboratory, declaring that the medical infrastructure would be made
available to the hospital immediately.
Mallam Kyari said Nigeria needed the Oil and Gas
Industry now and always, saying the Industry was prepared to make further
contributions to the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.
Some of the medical items to be donated to the NCDC
include 200 ambulances, 86 ventilators, 2,000 test kits, over 4,000 coveralls
and laboratory equipment.
Other items include one diagnostic centre and several
medical equipment.
The Coronavirus pandemic has ravaged the world in
recent times, infecting the high and the low around the globe.
Dr. Kennie Obateru
Group General Manager
Group Public Affairs Division
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
NNPC Towers
Abuja.
27th March, 2020
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