Anthony Iwuoma
The Akwa Ibom State Government, on Sunday, rejected 10 vehicles donated to it by ExxonMobil to aid in contact tracing of people suspected to have been infected by COVID-19 in the state.
Although the state government accepted and commended the company for the donation, on Friday, its Information Commissioner, Charles Udoh, issued a statement, on Sunday, rejecting the vehicles on the grounds that they had been assessed and found to be too old and unworthy for the onerous task of contact tracing.
The statement partly read: “The vehicles are considered too old and not in good enough operational conditions to withstand the rigour of contact tracing which they were meant to serve.”
However, the government accepted two ambulances and 20 hospital beds, which were also donated by the oil company.
