N48 MILLION NAIRA WORTH COVID-19 ITEMS DONATED TO PTF BY NIGERIANS IN DIASPORA.
To flatten the curve of COVID-19 Pandemic and protect especially the frontline workers, the Nigerian Diaspora #COVIDー19 Eradication Support Fund as well as other Diaspora Groups mobilized Fund and procure Personal Protective Equipment worth a total of Forty- Eight Million Naira.
The Minister of State Foreign Affairs Amb. Zubairu Dada along side Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa presented the items to the Chairman and Members of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja.
The Minister acknowledged the contributions of Nigerians in Diaspora and urged them never to forget home.
In the same vein, the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission NIDCOM, Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa disclosed that every state is captured in the distribution of the Personal Protective Equipment PPE for Frontline medical and para medical staff in all the Teaching Hospitals.
Across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
The Chairman Presential Task Force on Covid-19 Boss Mustapha represented by the Permanent Secretary, General Services Office, Mr Olusegun Adeyemi Adekunle who received the Fifty-three thousand and thirty-six items commended the wisdom of the Federal Government for establishing the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission for galvanizing the Donations.
Meanwhile the National Coordinator COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu said the Donations will escalate areas of coverage especially for the frontline workers. He urged more Nigerians to get involved to fight deadly pandemic still ravaging communities.
The Fifty-three thousand and Thirty-six items were all produced in Nigeria by Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation, Americas, Nigerian Diaspora Covid-19 Support Group,
The Association of Nigerians Physicians in the Americas, ANPA, and NIDO, China.
Signed.
Gabriel Odu
Media, Public Relations and Protocol Unit.
NIDCOM.
