COVID-19: NNPC Filling Gaps In Our Healthcare System -Boss Mustapha

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19, Boss Mustapha, has applauded the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for its medical interventions, geared towards curbing the coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria.

Mustapha said this on Monday while receiving 20 ventilators donated by Ocea S.A, a France based company through the NNPC.

The SGF described the corporation as the hallmark of a national oil company.

“This is a hallmark of a national institution which, at this very challenging time of COVID-19, is filling the gap in the provision of the kind of things that the nation requires; the facilities that we need to put in place,” Mustapha stated.

Mustapha assured that the 20 ventilators would be put to good use for the benefit of Nigerians, maintaining that COVID-19 was a big challenge which required everyone’s support.

He stated further that the NNPC and her partners, almost on a weekly basis, have either donated medical consumables or commissioned medical facilities since the outbreak of the virus.

The Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mele Kyari, said the corporation was pleased to handover the 20 ventilators donated by Ocea S.A through Mystrose Defence Systems Limited to the federal government.

The Medical Director of the NNPC Medical Services Limited, Mohammed Zango, however said the donations from the French company was a right step in the right direction, to bolster the fight against COVID-19 in Abuja.