The Nigeria Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has has taken sensitisation to some of the rural communities hosting the National headquarters of the agency in Abuja on the need to be awared of dreaded Coronavirus pandemic ravaging the world.
The Comptroller General (NSCDC), Muhammad Gana, in an interview said the Corps deemed it fit to sensitise the villagers and voluntarily contribute to the fight against the COVID-19.
The three communities visited in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja were Nwalege, Gui and Sauka.
Gana said that the assignment of the Corps in curtailing the COVID-19 was enforcement and that the Corps had deployed about 9500 staffs across the country adding that about 500 were deployed in Abuja.
He noted that there were areas in the country that were not aware of the virus affecting the world adding however, that the Corps had been going round to sensitise the affected areas.
“We have gone round ensuring that these people knows and are familiar with the COVID-19 in the Nigeria.
“We have shared sanitisers, we have gone round making sure that we have drums of buckets with running tap in the market places and enlighten them on personal hygiene.
“And the surprise I got lately was that the Management staff has started contributions volunterily to buy foodstuffs and distributes as there had been lockdown in the FCT.
“And they contributed over one million naira to help in this fight against COVID-19 and went to a nearby villages to share among them, “he said.
Gana appreciated the general public on the level of compliance as regard the lockdown in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun saying that it had been a tremendous achievement since the lockdown.
While sharing the packages, the Deputy Commandant General Technical, Nathaniel Ubong enjoined other government agencies and organizations to join hands in helping the communities around them.
According to him, “The donation is part of our palliative measures to show social responsibility on our side as government has directed. The content cut across food items, rice, indomie and anything that we can eat including palm oil, groundnut oil, maggi and other food items.”
Earlier, Mrs Lucy Fakoya , an NSCDC officer while addressing the Nwalege community, said that there was need for the community to know the dangers attached to not keeping good hygiene.
Fakoya noted that keeping social distancing , washing of hands and applying sanitisers were the major ways of protecting oneself against the virus.
“I want to urge you all today to ensure that your hands are clean always. Wash your hands under a running tap and apply sanitiser thereafter.
“Ensure you keep social distancing and avoid crowd because these are the things that would make you contract the Virus, ” she said.
