BY ADEYEMI AKANJI, BAUCHI – The Bauchi State Government has received donation of medical protection items from a Chinese group, Mutual Commitment Group (MCG) as support for the ongoing fight against the spread of Coronavirus pandemic and other deadly diseases in the state.
While presenting the items, the Group’s Managing Director, Mr Lui Zhaolong, said his organisation deemed it important to make the contribution through the donation of 150,000 protection medical materials to assist Nigeria for emergency use to counter COVID-19.
Mr Zhaolong assured that the group will continue to do its best by ensuring that Chinese and Nigerian citizens fight together as one family to defeat theΒ
Coronavirus.
He said that he believes that what China did to achieve results in the past two months will definitely be achieved in Nigeria.
He said that Mutual Commitment Group is a Chinese group that has been in Nigeria for many years and has projects in different sectors across the country among which are security projects.
ZhaolongΒ further said; “As the outbreak of Coronavirus in Nigeria runs out beyond expectation and established increasing damages to the people and the Nation, especially to the health and lives of the health workers from different originations in the front of this war of Counter Coronavirus, we feel that it is our duty to contribute in this regard.
“We are sorry for your suffering on the Corona virus and sorry for the challenges in front of the state. We hereby give 2,000 surgical facemasks and 2,000 medical gloves as the immediate first donation.”
Earlier, the state deputy governor, Senator Baba Tela, who received the donation on behalf of the state government, expressed gratitude to the group for the gesture.
Senator Tela, who was represented by the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Aliyu Maigoro said the donation of the materials will go a long way in assisting the state government to consolidate on its fight against the coronavirus in the state.
A statement by the Special Assistant to Governor Bala Mohammed on New Media, Lawal Muazu Bauchi, states that the donation was facilitated by the State Accountant General, Alhaji Abubakar Saidu and the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Liason, Alhaji Maula Aliyu.
