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The Inland Containers Nigeria Ltd. (ICNL) has
donated 30 digital blood pressure monitors to Kaduna South Local Government
Area of Kaduna State, as part of its corporate social responsibility.
Presenting the equipment in Kaduna, the Managing
Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Ismail Yusuf, said the
gesture was to give back to the community for its good neighbourliness.
According to him, the equipment is to be
distributed to all the Primary Health Care (PHC) centres in the local
government where the company’s branch (Kaduna Inland Dry Port) is located.
Yusuf said that the monitor was particularly
chosen because of its importance in managing high or low blood pressure,
responsible for so many deaths in the country.
He said that in spite of the health risk of
having a high or low blood pressure, many people were not conscious of their
status.
According to him, the donation is to support the
Primary Health Care (PHC) centres in the area in managing people’s blood
pressure in order to save lives.
He commended the host community of the Kaduna
Inland Dry Port for its cooperation since the establishment of the company in
the state.
He pledged the company’s continued support for
the community as partners in progress.
"As partners, we will continue to do our best for
the community. We have made similar donation in Lagos and we will
do same in Kano.
"We will continue to do this, because it is part
of our corporate social responsibility,’’ Yusuf said.
The managing director appealed for the
community’s continued support, particularly in maintaining the existing cordial
relationship between them.
He also appealed for improved patronage of the
Kaduna dry port with a capacity to handle 29, 000 containers annually.
Malam Salisu Ibrahim, the Director of
Administration and General Services of the Kaduna South Local Government,
thanked the company for the gesture.
Similarly, the Director of Health of the local
government, Mrs Christiana Bako, said ICNL was the first company to make such
donation in the area in the last two years.
She promised a fair distribution of the monitors
to the 20 PHCs in the local government.
Also, Mrs Agnes
Auta, the Director of Commerce, Kaduna State Ministry of Commerce, Industry and
Culture, called on other companies in the state to emulate ICNL.