Ministry hail officials on sustenance of essential goods production

The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and investment, Dr Nasir Sani-Gwarzo has commended officials of the Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) on the sustenance of essential goods production amidst the COVID 19 lockdown

He made the disclosure while resuming work at his office after leading the Ministerial Task Team on COVID-19 to Kano and eight (8) other states.

Gwarzo expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) on the Sustainable Production/ Delivery of Essential Commodities During COVID-19 Pandemic.

“I led Ministerial Task Team on COVID-19 in Kano, While making progress in Kano, the Honourable Minister of Health identified the need to increase and extend a similar assessment to eight (8) additional States; Bauchi, Gombe, Sokoto, Borno, Jigawa, Katsina, Yobe Zamfara among others. The Minister of Health increased our mandate, He also provided the logistics and almost on a daily basis we are in one State or the other”.

He said that there was a need to keep records of all the different strategies and policies adopted by the EOC to ensure that it serves as reference material in case of any distress experienced by the country in the future in line with global best practices.

Speaking further, the Permanent Secretary, revealed that lessons learnt in the process would make a difference for EOC as a team, as a group, as a sector.

Earlier, the Manager of EOC, Engr. Battah Ndirpaya commended the Permanent Secretary for embarking on the new assignment given to him and his team as to justify the confidence reposed in him by President Buhari.

“Sometimes as said you find yourself fulfilling that at least you have touched somebody’s life somewhere and we worked together as a team to touch people’s lives”, he added.

Presently, Dr Nasir Sani-Gwarzo belongs to Four (4) Committees of COVID-19 Pandemic namely; Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) and the Committee on the Sustainable