The administration of the Nigerian Oceanic Organization and Security Office NIMASA, has given 20 ventilators to battle the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Nigeria.
The Agency’s Director General, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, who made this known in Lagos likewise declared the gift of an all out aggregate of N50 million to battle the infection scourge in the nation, with N30 million heading off to the Central Government Board of trustees on COVID-19 Intercession and N20 million to help the Lagos Express Government’s push to control the spread of the infection.
Likewise, NIMASA has chipped in its six quick intercession vessels to be resolved to encourage transport coordinations support in the sea area, and volunteers from the Organization will be sent to join specialists on call from the Nigerian Community for Illness Control (NCDC), Lagos and different states in dealing with the spread of the pandemic.
The Office has likewise chipped in four completely prepared fresh out of the plastic new Ambulances, four Hilux trucks and four 36 seater liner transports to help and encourage land based coordinations in the Government capital Region, Lagos, Delta, Rivers, Cross river and Kaduna States. Other clinical gear the Organization gave to improve the battle against the COVID 19 in Nigeria incorporate, 60 Beds, 20 Patient ICU Screens, 20 Oxygen Concentrator, 10 Implantation siphon, 10 Syringe siphon, 20 Oxygen giving set, 10 Suction machine and 100 arrangement of individual Defensive Hardware PPE.
As indicated by Jamoh, “We are worried about the impact of the pandemic on the financial existence of the nation, particularly at a time NIMASA, Nigeria’s sea industry controller, is driving a Blue Economy crusade, to make sea a key piece of President Muhammadu Buhari’s monetary expansion plan.
“This is our little commitment to help the powerful endeavors of the Administrative and State governments to battle the infection. It is our token of adoration, worry for Nigerians and a motion of gratefulness to the specialists’ proactive measures right now against a shared adversary.” He said.
