The Chief of Defence Training and
Operations, Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, receiving medical items donated to Defence
Headquarters by the Mutual Commitment Company Ltd from its Managing Director,
Mr Liu Zhao Lung in Abuja on Monday, 30/3/2020.
A Chinese firm in Nigeria, Mutual
Commitment Company Ltd, has donated medical face mask and hand gloves to
Nigerian military as part of the effort to curb the ravaging coronavirus
pandemic in the country.
The Chief of Defence Training and
Operations, Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, received the items on behalf of the Chief
of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin on Monday at the Defence
Headquarters.
While donating the items, the Managing
Director of the company, Mr Liu Lung, said the donation was part of the
company’s effort to assist Nigeria to defeat the scourge of COVID-19.
Lung said that the company had spent many
years in Nigeria, adding that whatever challenge that confront the country
would also affect the company.
According to him, the success in fighting
this coronavirus is a common success because the problem has no colour.
“We are in Nigeria and we must unite and
work to counter this challenge.
“At the first outbreak of this world
problem, our board instructed us immediately to procure 150,000 protective
materials including face masks, hand gloves, glasses, protecting seals and
other materials for donation to Nigeria.
“Luckily, the first 50,000 has arrived and
so among the immediate donation we arranged part of them for defence. We are
glad to be here to hand over the materials to our brothers.
“I wish we should unite to ensure that
Nigeria wins this coronavirus war and I sincerely believe that what China has
achieved in the past two months in this war will be achieved in Nigeria.
“I sincerely believe that Nigeria is a
country that whenever it is seriously working on something it will achieve it
and Nigeria has shown this in the past,” he said.
Responding, the Chief of Defence Staff
commended the firm for its commitment to supporting Nigeria in the fight
against COVID-19.
He congratulated the Chinese government for
the way it had been able to substantially suppress the scourge of coronavirus.
Olonisakin added that the entire world
needed to learn from China on how best to bring the challenge to a halt.
“The challenges of COVID-19 is just
temporal and as ravaging as it is, I believe that with the support we are
receiving from as well as other stakeholders, we will be able to contain this
challenges.
“We will bounce back and for us to be able
to live up to our optimum, we should be able to engage in various activities
that will strengthen the defence and security of our great country.
“Once again let me thank you for this
wonderful equipment that you have donated to us. I believe that the equipment
that you have given to us will significantly boost our effort and that is why
we are glad,” he said.