COVID-19: Firm Donates Palliatives To A’Ibom Communities

Oriental Energy Resources Limited, an indigenous oil producer in Nigeria, has donated food items to its host communities in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, to cushion the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The company’s Head of Community and Government Relations, Dr Uwem Ite, disclosed this in a statement yesterday.
He said that the food distribution was part of the Oriental Energy’s initiatives to alleviate the hardship caused by the pandemic in the communities.
Ite said that Oriental Energy planned to support the social development efforts of the state government this year.
He said that the food items donated included rice, garri and vegetable oil.
Receiving the food items on behalf of the Akwa Ibom Government, Secretary to the State Government and the Chairman of the state COVID-19 Management Committee, Dr Emmanuel Ekuwem, expressed gratitude to Oriental Energy for the gesture.
“On behalf of the state Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, we appreciate the gesture of Oriental Energy Resources Limited.
“The Governor oversees everything that goes on in the state as far as the COVID-19 pandemic is concerned
“Little wonder that the Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, commended the governor for making the state a reference point in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic,” he said.
Ekuwem said that Governor Emmanuel was resolute in his commitment to salvage the state from the viral disease and as such put facilities in place to ensure that the life of any resident was not lost on account of the pandemic.