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| Yobe Deputy Governor Hon. Idi Barde Gubana, Chairman COVID 19 committee in Yobe Srate and the commissioner for Helath, Dr. Mohammad Lawan Gana in one of the ambulances donated by NEDC in Damaturu |
The North East Development Commission (NEDC) has donated food relief and two ambulances to Yobe State as part of their intervention in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
ImpactOnlineNigeria reports that the Commission had earlier donated some medical equipment and consumables such as two sets of ventilators, 1000 surgical masks, 32 infrared thermometers, 400 hand gloves, 1800 personnel protection equipment and hand sanitizers among others to the state.
The Managing Director of NEDC Mohammed Goni Alkali said the donations are part of the mandate of the commission to the north-eastern states in times of crisis.
The MD who was represented by the Executive Director Finance and Administration of the commission Alhaji Mohammed Jawa Gashu’a disclosed that the commission is also poised to fighting the pandemic in the region, while calling on citizens of the state to observe the basic hygiene directives from medical experts to preventing the disease.
This is just one of the interventions that the commission is making to the state. It’s a continuous exercise and we will continue to intervene in the areas that our people need us most. This is part of the mandate why the commission was establish and we will not relent in doing that.
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| Yobe Deputy Gov, Idi Barde Gubana collecting keys to the ambulances from the ED, Finance/Admin, NEDC, Mohamed Jawa Gashua yesterday in Damaturu |
“This time around we are supporting the state government with two brand new ambulances, food items and condiments. The food items are 5100 bags of rice, 1000 bags of maize floor, 13, 000 gallon of vegetable oil, spaghetti 1100 cottons, and tomato paste among others”, the MD disclosed.
While receiving the items on behalf of the government of Yobe State, the Deputy Governor and Chairnan State COVID 19 committee, Hon. Idi Barde thanked the NEDC for their support to the state in the cause of fighting the virus.
Hon. Idi Barde Gubana noted that the state has maintained a zero status since the outbreak of the pandemic, assuring that the items will be put to the best use for the purpose they were donated.
“We cannot thank the commission enough for what they are doing to the state especially at this material time and the donations they have given to the state. we are going to put everything into the best use and the food items will get to the vulnerable which it is meant for”, Gubana assured.
He regretted that, the commission will have to battle with the pandemic instead of rebuilding a region that has been ravaged by Boko Haram.
“It is unfortunate that the commission established to rebuild destructions caused by the activities of Boko Haram insurgents will have to handle another challenge of a disease triggered by the global pandemic in the name of corona virus”, he said.
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