The Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Nasarawa Investment Development Agency (NASIDE) have launched Lifebank’s 700 cubic metres per day oxygen production plant at Orozo in Nasarawa named “AirCo by Lifebank” to bridge the oxygen gap being experienced nationwide.
The AirCo by Lifebank oxygen plant in Nasarawa State is Lifebank Nigeria first oxygen plant in partnership with Oxygen Hub, a sub-Saharan company.
In a statement issued to Tribune Online, on Thursday, The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Lifebank Nigeria, Temie Giwa-Tubosun, said the idea to establish the plant in Nasarawa State was due to the high demand for oxygen in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
She explained further that the choice of Nasarawa State for the plant was to make the commodity available to demands from states in the North Central part of Nigeria as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
According to her, “Lifebank Nigeria is putting modalities in place to expand the availability of its products to all parts of Nigeria in order to curtail the shortfall of the commodity across Nigeria.
Speaking also, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Oxygen Hub, the sub-Saharan company, Efferson Hailemichael, corroborated that the AirCo by Lifebank oxygen plant in Nasarawa State was launched to address the shortage of oxygen in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
He added that the AirCo by Lifebank oxygen plant in Nasarawa State has a production capacity of 100 million cylinders per day and it was the first plant in Nigeria.
Hailemichael concluded that the Lifebank’s oxygen plant in Nasarawa State was the second of Oxygen Hub plants in Africa, with the first plant already launched in Nairobi, Kenya, while the third plant was being expected in Ethiopia in the coming few weeks.
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