Saudi Arabia has donated medical equipment worth $1 million to Nigeria to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
The equipment were handed over to the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Health, Abdulazeez Mashi, by Saudi Ambassador to Nigeria, Faisal Ebraheem Alghamdi, at a brief ceremony on Tuesday in Abuja.
Items donated include 23 ventilators, surgical sterile gowns, non-sterile surgical gowns, surgical masks and nitrile gloves.
The envoy said the gesture was to further strengthen the excellent bilateral relations between both countries.
He disclosed that the government of Saudi Arabia plans to organize 12 voluntary medical campaigns in all the geo-political zones of Nigeria to help combat blindness, heart diseases and cataract.
Alghamdi also said the Arabian government has so far provided support to displaced persons in the North-East through distribution of food baskets worth $10 million to some parts of the country like, Borno, Yobe and Zamfara States.
