The group was led by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva to distribute the relief materials to some states which include; Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Ondo and Osun States.
The items distributed include: 6 Toyota ambulances, 2,500 N-95 respiratory face masks, 5,000 pieces of safety goggles and 5,000 pieces of protective body suits with 20,000 respiratory masks.
The Nigeria Oil & Gas Industry under the leadership of NNPC had also embarked on an intervention initiative covering 3 key thematic areas which includes; provision of medical consumables, deployment of logistics and in-patient support system, delivery of Medical Infrastructure.
The total commitments to this initiative amounted to $58m, equivalent to N21bn.
The commitments under this initiative were however given in kind with a transparent governance framework established for collecting and distributing the commitments across the country, in alignment with the processes and procedures of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19.
