The Federal Road Safety Corps has deployed two life support ambulances with complete team of personnel to Nasarawa State to support the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.
The Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
Kazeem, who said the handing and taking over of the life support ambulances took place on Friday in Lafia, added that it was the corps efforts to combat the devastating novel Coronavirus pandemic.
He said the corps was committed to giving unlimited support to both the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and State Governments.
He added that the corps was ready at any point in time to provide personnel and life support ambulance services to battle the common enemy.
He advised the citizenry to keep faith with the government in the efforts to combat the pandemic, adding that combined efforts were needed.
Kazeem assured citizens that the corps would continue to work round the clock to ensure that all tasks and responsibilities accruing to it in the ongoing fight against COVID-19 were achieved.
He added that the corps would strictly carry out without any form of laxity its duty in curbing the menace.
Meanwhile, the Nasarawa State Government, through a letter, conveyed its profound appreciation to the FRSC for deploying additional two life support ambulances with a complete team of personnel to the state.
It described the gesture as uncommon, indelible, unprecedented and indeed a positive boost to the state’s capacity and efforts to combat the pandemic.
According to Kazeem, a letter signed by the Commissioner for Health, Nasarawa State, Ahmed Yahaya, on behalf of the government and people of the state lauded the corps’ continuous show of commitment and support toward the fight against the global health challenge.
Yahaya said the support by the corps was not only through the deployment of personnel to enforce orders, but the provision of adequate ambulance services for the evacuation of identified Coronavirus patients.
The commissioner stated that the kind gesture as demonstrated by the corps would remain indelible in the history of the state.