{"id":73532,"date":"2020-05-18T17:31:49","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T16:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=73532"},"modified":"2020-05-18T17:31:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T16:31:49","slug":"covid-19-sgf-applauds-nnpc-over-covid-19-intervention-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/covid-19-sgf-applauds-nnpc-over-covid-19-intervention-initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: SGF Applauds NNPC Over COVID-19 Intervention Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>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 her unwavering support and several medical interventions, geared towards providing a lasting solution to the novel coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria, saying the gesture showed the corporation as the hallmark of a National Oil Company.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mustapha gave this commendation while receiving 20 ventilators donated by Ocea S.A, a France based company through the NNPC, to bolster the fight against COVID-19 in Abuja.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mystrose Defence Systems Limited presented the donation to the NNPC on behalf of Ocea S.A. to bolster the fight against COVID-19 in Abuja.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A press release by NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru, quoted the Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce as saying that the NNPC and her partners, almost on a weekly basis, have either donated medical consumables or commissioned medical infrastructure all in the fight against COVID-19.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThis 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,\u201d Mustapha stated.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>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\u2019s support to the Federal Government to fight and defeat the pandemic.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He stated that post COVID-19, the nation\u2019s health institutions would receive the type of rebirth that the Federal Government desires, stressing that with the medical facilities on ground, the nation would have the capacity to combat any epidemic or pandemic thereafter.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Earlier, the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mallam 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.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>On his part, the Medical Director of the NNPC Medical Services Limited, Dr. Mohammed Zango, stated that the donations from the French company, Ocea S.A was a right step in the right direction, adding that the corporation, as a responsible organization and a strategic partner in the maritime security space, is hereby transmitting the ventilators to the PTF in support of the Federal Government\u2019s effort to combat COVID-19.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Dr. Zango explained that the company identified the NNPC as a reputable National Oil Company through which the ventilators could be safely delivered to the PTF on COVID-19.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Kunle Aluko who made the donations on behalf of Mystrose Defence Systems Limited praised the PTF for her unwavering efforts to combat the pandemic,<\/div>\n<div>assuring the readiness of his company to stand by the Federal Government all through these difficult times.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 her unwavering support&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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