In a bid to cushion the negative effects of the ravaging Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic currently spreading across the country, the management of BUA Cement Plc, on Saturday, said it has donated relief materials worth millions of Naira to host communities in Edo State.
A statement by the company said the communities got 350 bags of rice and 22,500 facemasks, while promising to deliver hand sanitizers in coming days.
The items were donated to Okpella, Okpekpe, Ibie and Elele Communities, in what the chief executive, Engr. Yusuf Binji, Managing Director/Chief Executive said would help reduce the spread of the virus.
According to him, “as a responsible organisation, we understand the plight of our host communities and we know that some of them have been at home and must have run out of food supply. We believe this donation will go a long way to ameliorate the negative effect of the lockdown.”
He was represented at the handover by Richard Gidado, a General Manager at the company’s Obu Okpella plant said the donation was aimed at complementing the effort of the government to ameliorate the negative effects of the lockdown.
Taking delivery of the items, Okpella Community leader, High Chief Tunde Ajie thanked the company’s board and management for the gesture, assuring them that the relief materials will be equitably distributed among residents.