Leadway Assurance Company Limited says it is donating personal protection equipment materials, test kits and foodstuff worth N135m as part of its efforts to support optimal testing and treatment of COVID-19 cases as well as ensure access to nutrition during the quarantine period.
The underwriting firm also partnered other insurance companies to provide life insurance cover worth N5bn for all frontline healthcare workers battling to save the lives of those infected by the virus.
In a statement, it said it had made a sizeable donation as part of funds being raised by the Nigeria Insurers Association in its NIA COVID-19 Support Fund.
The donations aligned with the company’s value of service and customer focus, it added.
Leadway said the donations would help the government in combating the spread of the pandemic in the country.
Commenting on the company’s gesture, the Managing Director, Mr Tunde Hassan-Odukale, said, “We understand the magnitude of the risk taken by health workers who have elected to support the government to take care of Nigerians in the wake of a pandemic that is ravaging worldwide.
“We salute their tenacity, resilience and professionalism as they battle COVID-19, putting their lives on the line to ensure that Nigerians are adequately cared for during this period. We understand the weight of their duties and hope that this support reassures them and indeed all Nigerians that we are in this together,” he said.
Prior to the donations, Leadway Assurance said it had been in the forefront of sharing critical information on the pandemic, partnering “Doctors on Air” on the radio to bring the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, in a special edition to discuss the coronavirus pandemic.
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