Leading integrated petroleum industry player, Oilserv Group of Companies, has stepped forward with sophisticated medical supplies and tons of food items in support of government and communities as the country battles rising waves of coronavirus infection.
The intervention package from Oilserv Group valued at over N100 million would be the biggest single donation by any indigenous oil service company in the coronavirus fight. The company had already featured prominently in the collective contribution by the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria under the guidance of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board .
Since its inception in 1992, Oilserv has remained a major player in the forefront of indigenous capacity development in the petroleum industry. The Group also delivers infrastructural development projects in other sectors of the country. While the sophisticated medical supplies would be donated to the federal government through the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation which coordinates industry response to the pandemic challenge, the Group has already started distribution of the food supplies to communities through Sir Emeka Okwuosa Foundation.The medical supplies worth over N70 million ordered for NNPC include 6000 disposable snout masks, 1500 hand gloves, 80 cartons of face shields and 4000 disposable protective suits.
The Group also donated over 3,000 bags of rice and 8000 tubers of yam to families in Oraifite and Ozubulu in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra state.