COVID-19: NSCDC KADUNA COMMAND APPLAUDED, Receives Personal Protective Equipment From PSN

“In view of the selfless services of NSCDC personnel in this trying period of the pandemic, we in PSN have decided to assist them with PPE that would assist in reducing their exposure to the virus"...... Pharm. Isyaku.

"Obey governments’ directives as such can lead to the actualization of total fight against the pandemic".... Dutsinma Tells Citizens.

 

The Kaduna state Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC has been applauded in the manner it has discharged its mandate and also, its role in helping to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in the state.

This commendation came from the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Kaduna State chapter during a visit to state Command on Wednesday.

A statement issued and signed by ASC Orndiir Terzungwe, CDPRO on behalf of the State Commandant, disclosed that, during the the visit, the PSN donated Personal Prospective Equipment (PPE) to the State Command to help provide protection to the security operatives.

In the statement, the Command PRO revealed that, Chairperson of the Society, Pharmacist Aisha Isyaku, while presenting hand sanitizers and facemasks to the Command, specifically noted the role of the corps in enforcing governments’ lockdown order, which in her view is significantly responsible for relative low spread of the virus in the state.

Isyaku maintained that NSCDC with other agencies has played important role in the fight against the pandemic.

“In view of the selfless services of NSCDC personnel in this trying period of the pandemic, we in PSN have decided to assist them with PPE that would assist in reducing their exposure to the virus, Isyaku explained.

“The participation of the personnel in COVID-19 make them prone to infection, they need to be protected in order to prevent community spread”.

The chairperson called on all critical stakeholders including NSCDC to unite in the fight against the pandemic, if the fight is to succeed.

Responding, State Commandant Babangida Abdullahi Dutsinma, assured the PSN of the command’s determination and strategies in controlling the devastating effects of the virus.

Dutsinma thanked PSN for the support, and called on all citizens to obey governments’ directives, noting that such can lead to the actualization of total fight against the pandemic.