COVID-19: Lebanese-Nigerian businessman donates 50,000 PFVs to Kano State

A Kano based Lebanese- Nigerian businessman and philanthropist, Ronaldo Minaise has donated 50,000 pieces of Protective Face Visors (Face Shields) to the Kano State government to help fight the coronavirus pandemic.

Presenting the materials to the state government, Ronaldo, who was represented by Umar Ibrahim and privy to the donation said the frontline workers, especially Doctors, Nurses and other essential health professionals and Civil servants in the state deserve adequate protection as they treat and manage the Covid-19 patients in the state and further assured Kano state that he will donate more health safety materials and more quantities of Protective Face Visors when required by the state government in the fight against COVID-19.

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He commended the proactive measures taken by the Kano state government to curtail the spread of the deadly Coronavirus in the state.

Adamu Garba Mustapha Gwale, a Member of the Kano COVID-19 Task Force, who received the material on behalf of the state government commended the donation and described the gesture as a right step in the right direction from a businessman who appreciate the essence of keeping the state free of the pandemic for business activities to strive.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.