The Governors of Jigawa and Sokoto states yesterday took delivery of ambulances from the BUA Foundation to boost their fight against the dreaded COVID-19 currently ravaging the world.
This is coming as the NCDC announced over the weekend that the total number of cases have exceeded the 8,000 mark across the country.
Speaking at the handover ceremonies in the state capitals of Dutse and Sokoto respectively, Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa State whilst receiving the Ambulances from the general manager, BUA Rice, Abdullahi Aminu, described the donation of the ambulances as timely, noting that the state government was grateful for the support by the BUA Foundation.
“These ambulances will help enhance the efficiency of the state government’s response to the pandemic.
In his comments, the Sokoto State governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, in the Sokoto State Capital, thanked the chairman of the BUA Foundation and BUA Cement, Abdul Samad Rabiu, for being a partner in the true sense of the word in Sokoto State.
It would be recalled that BUA Cement, which is the largest private employer of labour in the North West, had earlier provided N100 million to the Sokoto State COVID-19 response fund.
According to the representatives of BUA Foundation, BUA will continue to support various mechanisms aimed at helping the country flatten the curve whilst curbing the spread of the virus.
It was also revealed that the company set aside about $20 million at the start of the crisis to support various efforts to fight the virus through the provision of equipment, cash, grants, and infrastructure support.