Coronavirus: NNPC Announces $30m Industry Support Against COVID-19

As contribution to curtail the spread of the coronavirus, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced $30m donation as the "collective industry support" made to fight against the virus in the country.

The Group Managing Director, (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Product (NNPC) Mallam Mele Kyari announced this in Abuja at a press conference shared on the NNPC Twitter handle.

Kyari said “We are announcing, in the first instance, the sum of $30million 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 COVID-19 pandemic within control”

He added that the purpose for which the donation was made is to provide supports of medical equipment, logistics and in-patient support system, medical infrastructure

Kyari added: “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.

“We’ll like to thank the 32 partners within the Oil & Gas Industry who have enlisted into this initiative. The list is by no means exhaustive, just as the contribution too will not be exhaustive.”

“We are working towards enrolling other companies within the Oil & Gas Industry so that we can have granular suggestions and get more contributions and support in the fight against COVID- 19 in Nigeria.”