COVID 19: Bauchi Poly donates hand sanitisers to NUJ, police

Donation
By Ahmed Mohammmed Kaigama
Bauchi, April 20, 2020 (NAN) The Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, has produce and donated hand sanitisers to the state chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), the police command and Bauchi Emirate to curb the spread of Coronavirus pandemic in the state.
The Rector of the polytechnic, Alhaji Sanusi Gumau, presented the hand sanitisers to the Chairman, NUJ Caretaker Committee, Malam Nasiru Kobi, on Monday in Bauchi.
Gumau said that the institution’s management and the Department of Science and Technology decided to produce and donate the hand sanitisers in order to give a helping hand in the fight against the pandemic.
“The management and the academic staff of the Department of Science and Technology participated in the project with a view to contributing their own quota towards fighting COVID 19.
“The formulation of the sanitisers was based on the World Health Organisation’s specifications.
“The polytechnic has all it takes to produce the hand sanitisers that meet the standard and specifications of the World Health Organisation (WHO),” he said.
The rector said that the hand sanitisers were being donated first to the NUJ, the police and the Bauchi Emirate in view of their vulnerability to the virus.
According to him, because of the magnitude of the Coronavirus pandemic, there is the urgent need for all stakeholders to join hands together in containing the rampaging virus.
In his remarks, the NUJ caretaker committee chairman appreciated the institution’s management for recognising NUJ as one of the vulnerable groups in the fight against the pandemic.
He said that the union NUJ had been at the forefront in the fight against the dreaded disease in the state.
“As stakeholders, we have to do everything possible to fight the pandemic to a standstill,” Kobi said. (NAN)
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Edited by Edith Bolokor and ‘Wale Sadeeq