Mr George Uriesi, the Chief Operating Officer, Ibom Air, has reiterated the company’s commitment to promote healthcare delivery in the state.
Uriesi made the expression at a ceremony to mark the 2024 World Malaria Day in Uyo on Thursday.
The chief operating officer said that Ibom Air would continue to partner the Akwa Ibom Government to fight Malaria among pregnant women and children.
”We are targeting pregnant women and children from zero to five years. They form a strong focus of our anti malaria campaign,” he said.
Uriesi urged residents of the state to imbibe good sanitary habits in order to ensure a healthy environment.
He announced a donation of 1,000 insecticide-treated nets and 3,000 doses of Sulfadoxine/Pyrimethamine (SP Oral) as part of the firm’s input to the fight against malaria in the state.
Receiving the items, the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Augustine Umoh, thanked Ibom Air for the gesture, and described it as a good omen to the fight against malaria.
Umoh appealed to other companies in the state to join hands with the state government to drive the ARISE Agenda and Kick Malaria Out Programme.
”It is with appreciation and joy in our heart that we receive these items, we firmly promise that they will be effectively utilised.
