•It’s our collective battle – Jamoh
By Godwin Oritse
In the face of huge global demand, the management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, has donated 20 ventilators to fight the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Nigeria.
The Agency’s Director General, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, who made this known in Lagos also announced the donation of a total sum of N50 million to fight the virus scourge in the country, with N30 million going to the Federal Government Committee on COVID-19 Intervention and N20 million to aid the Lagos State Government’s effort to control the spread of the virus.
Also, NIMASA has volunteered its six fast intervention vessels to be committed to facilitate transport logistics support in the maritime sector, and volunteers from the Agency will be deployed to join first responders from the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Lagos and other states in managing the spread of the pandemic.
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The Agency has also volunteered four fully equipped brand new Ambulances, four Hilux trucks and four 36 seater coaster buses to support and facilitate land based logistics in the Federal capital Territory, Lagos, Delta, Rivers, Cross River and Kaduna States.
Other medical equipment the Agency donated to enhance the fight against the COVID 19 in Nigeria include, 60 Beds, 20 Patient ICU Monitors, 20 Oxygen Concentrator, 10 Infusion pump, 10 Syringe pump, 20 Oxygen giving set, 10 Suction machine and 100 set of personal Protective Equipment PPE.
According to Jamoh, “We are concerned about the effect of the pandemic on the socio-economic life of the country, especially at a time NIMASA, Nigeria’s maritime industry regulator, is driving a Blue Economy campaign, to make maritime a key part of President Muhammadu Buhari’s economic diversification agenda.
“This is our little contribution to aid the robust efforts of the Federal and State governments to fight the virus. It is our token of love, concern for Nigerians and a gesture of appreciation to the authorities’ proactive measures in this collective fight against a common enemy.”
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