NAF Airlifts Medical Materials Donate By Jack Ma To Abuja
By Lazarus Zakaa, Abuja
Nigerian Air Force has airlifted medical materials donated by the Jack Ma Foundation, China, for tackling the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria from the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, to the Nnmadi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, in fulfilment of the NAF’s roles of providing military aid to civil authority.
The donated medical materials, which consist of 107 boxes of medical supplies and equipment, comprising surgical masks, medical disposable protective clothing, face shields and detection kits, weighing about 3,000 pounds, were airlifted in a single mission using the NAF C-130 Hercules aircraft (NAF 913) and handed over by the NAF Aircrew to a delegation from the Federal Ministry of Health led by the Permanent Secretary, Alhaji Abdulazeez Mashi Abdullahi, Director of Public Relations and Information
Nigerian Air Force Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola said in a statement.
Speaking to the press after inspecting the items, Alhaji Abdullahi thanked the Chief of Nigerian Air Staff for the timely deployment of aircraft to airlift the items to Abuja, just as he also commended the service officers and men who participated in the airlift mission for their professional conduct.
He said the donated items would go a long way in supporting government’s efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the country.
The NAF leadership, Daramola said, had also expressed the readiness of the Service to provide any form of support within its statutory responsibility of providing aid to civil authority as the nation continues to work assiduously to deal with the threat posed by COVID-19.
