The Special Operations Command of the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, in Bauchi State have provided succour for 200 vulnerable persons, as part of its corporate social responsibility to host communities.
Making donations to two communities, the NAF said the gesture is to support the fight against Coronavirus in Nigeria.
The Coronavirus pandemic is gaining more grounds across the country and shutting economic activities in most states.
Officers and men of the Special Operations Command in Bauchi were at Gwalanga and Durum villages to distribute the food items to 200 households.
Similarly , the Nigerian Air Force Officers Wives Association also distributed food items to poor people living in Gubi area of Bauchi.
Meanwhile, in line with the initiative of the NAF under the leadership of the Chief of Air staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, to reduce the hardship occasioned by the ravaging Coronavirus in the country, over 180 households in two communities in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital, received 25 kilogram bag of rice and other staple food items each from the NAF
The Officer Commanding Mobility Command Nigerian Air Force, Air Marshal Ibukun Ojeyemi, who presented the food donations to the beneficiaries on behalf of the Chief of Air Staff, reiterated that the gesture is part of the armed forces resolution to complement the efforts of the Federal and State Governments to alleviate the economic challenges caused by the the COVID-19 lockdown.
Residents of Yenizue Gene -Epie community comprising of the weak and the elderly were screened in line with COVID-19 medical guidelines at the entrance of the mobility command of the NAF in Yenagoa.
In another mission to complement the efforts of the NAF in reducing the hardship caused by the Coronavirus, the Nigerian Air Force Officer’s Wives Association under the leadership of the National President, Hafsat Sadique Abubakar, also donated food items to residents of Igbogene community.
The beneficiaries, who were grateful to the NAF for the food donation also want good spirited Nigerians and other government agencies to provide succour to vulnerable Nigerians at this time when the states are on lockdown.