A Chinese Electronics Company, Xiaomi Nigeria, has donated 25,000 surgical face masks to Ogun Government as part of its contributions toward curbing the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state.
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The Deputy Governor of Ogun, Mrs
Noimot Salako-Oyedele, received the donation on behalf of the state government in Abeokuta on Thursday.
Salako-Oyedele appreciated the organisation for its generous donation toward the management of the pandemic.
She said that the donation might not be the largest one so far, but the state government could never have enough of such donations.
‘’Now in Ogun, our health professionals have been monitoring the disease in several locations which means more and more of our health professionals are being exposed to people who are COVID-19 positive.
“It is very important that we protect them and this is one of the ways to do that.
“His Excellency is passionate about making sure that our health workers are protected, because they are the frontline workers and we cannot do too much for them,” the deputy governor said.
Earlier, in his remarks, the Marketing Director of Xiaomi Nigeria, Mr Habeeb Somoye, who led the team, said Ogun was the first state to receive the company’s support in the country, being the state with the nation’s index case.
Somoye said that fighting Coronavirus pandemic required collective support, as government alone, could not fight the disease.
He said the company started in the state with 25, 000 pieces of surgical face masks, adding that the little support would protect the state’s frontline workers in the process of providing healthcare services to the affected patients.
“Government’s efforts at flattening the curve of the pandemic in the state is commendable.
“I encourage citizens of the state to adhere strictly to the rules, especially wearing of nose masks and maintaining physical distancing,” Somoye said.