By Okechukwu Onuegbu
Awka

In the spirit of the season, Anti-piracy Society of Nigeria (APSON), a nongovernmental organisation, on Monday distributed not less than ten thousands free handgroves, sanitises and masks to Anambra state residents.

Distributing the materials at Eke-Awka, Nkwo-Enugwu Ukwu, Oye-Agu Abagana , Afor-Igwe, Oye-Olisa, and Afor-Nkpor, the Director General of APSON, Mr Frank Uduonu said the exercise was geared towards sensitising people on the need for personal hygiene and things needed to be done to be free or protected against covid-19 virus.

“We share the relief materials due to the high cost of hand sanitizer now, we choose to help our people to be safe. We call on our leaders to rise up to the challenge and do the needful. They shouldn't wait till election period to start sharing rice etc, the time to act is now, this is the time to show your constituency love not only when you want to contest election. Our religious leaders should rise up too, free hygiene materials will not kill them.

He said he was optimistic that when leaders invest positively on the society the price of commodities would be afordable to both the rich and poor.

"To be aware goes with responsibility such as the respect for the scale of the problem, and a calm consciousness of what needs to be done but panic and selfishness is a reproach to an effectual responsibility. Anti-Piracy Society of Nigeria (APSON), has deemed it wise and helpful to distribute some preventive materials such as 10,000 nose masks, 10,000 sanitizers and 5,000 hand gloves to the people of Anambra state in solidarity to curbing rapid spread of the virus, as they say ''prevention is better than cure," he added.

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