FG Urges Local Auto Makers on the Production of Ventilators
The Federal Government has charged local auto manufacturers to possibly switch their operations in producing ventilators for the health system.
The government further said that the local production of ventilators had become imperative because it is one of the critical equipment for the treatment of COVID-19 pandemic.
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Adeniyi Adebayo, said this on Tuesday, while briefing journalists on latest government efforts to curtail the negative impact of coronavirus pandemic on the manufacturing, trade and other related sectors of the economy.
According to him, the Ministry is mobilising the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) as well as the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), to speed up certification procedures for essential items needed by Nigerians in preventing the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.
Through collaboration with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the Minister said the two organisations would also help to identify and augment the list of essential goods and services needed to tackle the pandemic.
He listed some of the items to include hand sanitizers, face masks, needles, goggles, gloves, sodium hypo chloride and digital thermometers.
