NLNG Donates Renal Centre To Rivers State University Teaching Hospital

The Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas has donated a N381m Renal Centre to the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital in support of the hospital’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and to boost healthcare delivery in Rivers State.

NLNG via its Twitter handle @nigeriaLNG said that the donation which is being firmed up at the signing ceremony for the Memorandum of Agreement with the hospital is in line with its vision of helping to build a better Nigeria.

The Managing Director of NLNG, Tony Attah noted that the Nigeria LNG was committed to supporting healthcare delivery in Rivers State.

He explained that NLNG as part of its contribution to the N11.4bn Oil and Gas Industry Collaborative initiative, spearheaded by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, has made donations of medical equipment and supplies worth over N476m to five states.

The states are Lagos, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Edo and Adamawa.

Attah disclosed that the Company was investing in the Bonny Community Health Insurance Programme to help improve access to quality healthcare services. @eyonofw

“NLNG is working on the Bonny Malaria Eradication Programme, which aims to cut down malaria-related mortality among women and children under five and to make Bonny Island Nigeria’s first malaria-free zone.

“NLNG had earlier made donations to the Rivers State Government, Bonny Local Government and residents of Bonny Island of medical supplies and materials worth about N1bn.”

He further stated that NLNG’s other interventions in Rivers State include training of medical personnel on Bonny Island, donation of food items as palliatives to its host communities and the provision of a 24-bed treatment centre at the Bonny Zonal Hospital for residents of Bonny community.