National
Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) Tuesday donated sanitary materials worth two
hundred thousand dalasis (D200, 000) to public institutions across the country.
The
donated materials include 150 sanitary buckets, detergent and Dettol among
others. It aims to help government in combating the Covid 19 pandemic.
Executive
director, Sanna Dahaba said the Agency is responsible for humanitarian
coordination and other related issues in the country, saying they see the
gesture as their primary responsibility to help the state in curbing the deadly
disease.
“When
it comes to public health emergency like Covid 19, the basic tool that we can
use to address it is to make sure people are hygienic,” he said.
Mr
Dahaba said NDMA deems it necessary to provide the materials to ensure that
government institutions remain clean and officials wash their hands regularly
to prevent the spread of the pandemic. “The basic tool to fight against this
corona virus pandemic is to remain hygienic and hand washing is key to reducing
it,” he noted.
He
said the virulent disease is incurable at the moment, saying the entire public
relies on preventive mechanisms to curb it, adding that this motivated his
office to provide such gesture.
“This
will go a long way in reducing infection in the public. The corona virus does
not know any political boundaries and cultural values. All what we need is how
best we can collectively respond to dependable health measure,” he noted.
Mr
Dahaba called on people, especially the beneficiaries to sensitize the public
regarding the spread and preventive measures of the Covid 19 pandemic. He said
after the distribution NDMA will embark on a mass sensitization to ensure the
entire masses have thorough information on the disease.
He
urged beneficiaries to use the material wisely, noting that if there is no
healthy population both the political and economic sectors will be severely
affected.
