Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) on Wednesday donateda Renal Centre worth N381 million to the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital (RSUTH) to support the hospital’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic andto boost healthcare delivery in Rivers State.
At the signing ceremony for the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the management of the hospital, NLNG’s Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Engr. Tony Attah, represented by General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development, Mrs Eyono Fatayi-Williams, said NLNG was committed to supporting healthcare deliveryin Rivers State, in line with its vision of “helping to build a better Nigeria”.
He added that the Company was investing in the Bonny Community Health Insurance Programme (BCHIP), to help improve access to quality healthcare services, and the Bonny Malaria Eradication Programme,which aims tocut down malaria-related mortality among women and children underfive and tomakeBonny Island Nigeria’s first malaria-free zone.
He stated that theseinterventions signified NLNG’s resolve to stand with the people of Rivers State and to reciprocate their goodwill and support to the Company over the years.
The donationis coming closely on the heels of the Company’s COVID-19 donations in medical equipment and supplies worthover N476 millionto five states, namelyLagos, Bayelsa,Akwa Ibom,Edo and Adamawa states as part of its contribution to the N11.4 billion Oil and Gas Industry Collaborative initiative, spearheaded by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Earlier, NLNG made donationsto the Rivers State Government; BonnyLocal Governmentandresidents of Bonny Islandof medical supplies and materials worth about N1billion.
A statement issued by Eyono Fatayi-Williams, General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development explained that the company’s other interventions in Rivers State include training of medical personnel on Bonny Island, the base of its operations, donation of food items as palliatives to its host communitiesand the provision of a 24-bed treatment centreat the Bonny Zonal Hospital for residents of Bonny community.
