BREAKING: NNPC announces $30m contribution to fight Coronavirus

BY OUR EDITOR

The Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, has announced a $30 million contribution by the oil and gas industry in Nigeria in the fight against the coronavirus disease.

“We are announcing, in the first instance, the sum of $30 million Industry-wide Collective Support in the Fight against #COVID-19 in #Nigeria.

“This intervention will be integrated within the Federal Government’s initiative of bringing the impact of the #COVID19 pandemic within control.

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“With this Industry-wide support, we will particularly provide medical equipment, deploy logistics and in-patient support system and also deliver medical infrastructure that could be useful to this country in the long-term,” Kyari announced in an ongoing press conference in Abuja.

Details shortly…

BREAKING:

GMD @NNPCgroup Mallam @MKKyari addresses the press on Oil & Gas Industry Collective Response & Support in the Fight against #COVID-19 in # #Nigeria. #COVID19Nigeria@NCDCgov

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— NNPC Group (@NNPCgroup) March 27, 2020