Members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) serving in Oyo State have provided to the Oyo State Government hand sanitizers, face masks, and hand sanitizers.
At an event held on Tuesday, NYSC Coordinator in Oyo State, Mrs. Grace Ogbuogebe provided the items on behalf of the Corps members to the state government.
The items donated include, four cartons of Hand Sanitizers (500ml, 200ml, 100ml), two cartons of re-usable face masks and two cartons of liquid hand wash (500ml).
Ogbuogebe said that NYSC would stop at nothing in ensuring that every effort within its capacity is utilized to assist in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic currently ravaging the globe.
She asserted that since the outbreak of the pandemic, the Corps members have been challenged to compliment what the government was doing to stop the spread of the pandemic.
“Following this challenge and the directive of the Director General of the scheme Brig. Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, NYSC Oyo Corps members ventured into the production of these protective items to compliment the effort of the state government in curbing the pandemic,” she said.
Ogbuogebe further stated that the items which were produced by the Corps members under the SAED project is 99% WHO standard.
