Former IGP donates items to fight coronavirus

As people organizations and corporate world make donations in form of cash and equipments to fight or cushion economic effect of the deadly infections called coronavirus, Former Inspector General of Police Sulaimon ABBA has made a donation to Jigawa State government.

Among the items donated were face masks, hand sanitizers, hand gloves, medicated soaps and wash hand containers ‎that would be shared amongst the 27 local governments of the state.

Mr Abba who was represented by his aid, Malam Baffa Qani.

Speaking on the donation the ex IGP said “the gesture was made to support and protect health workers whom he said are the front liners in the fight against the disease to have adequate protection from the pandemic while in the course of discharging their duties”.

Receiving the materials on behalf of the State Government, the commissioner of health in the state Dr. Abba Zakari thank the former Cop and pledged the items would be judiciously put to use stressing that, “such support is never too small or big as the pandemic has continued to wreak havoc across the globe”.

The equipment donated by the ex IGP was estimated at N3 million.