The Polymer Institute of Nigeria (PIN) on Wednesday said local manufacturers can satisfy the federal government’s demand of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for use in the fight against COVID-19.
The National President of PIN, Professor Paul Mamza of the Polymer Science and Technology, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, made this known, saying that the government doesn’t have to resort to the importation of such materials.
He said as a professional body of polymer scientists, technologists and engineers, PPE and face masks can be produced by them in adequate number.
Mamza added: “The Institute is ever available to assist the FG and State Governments in the production of locally made superior medical-grade PPE and face masks for public use during this period of COVID-19 Pandemic. With the pool of professional industrialists in our midst, the institute is better positioned to handle this assignment.
“The Chartered Polymer Institute of Nigeria bill is before the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, for assent. If assented, the institute will take control of the production, management and utilisation of all polymer products in Nigeria.”
He said it is time for Nigeria to be looking inward and patronising local professionals who, according to him, are among the best in the world.
Mamza called for synergy between activities of federal government and professional societies in order to tackle issues of national importance and emergency such as the COVID-19 pandemic, which is ravaging the whole world.
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