{"id":21901,"date":"2020-04-15T08:03:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T07:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/?p=21901"},"modified":"2020-04-15T08:03:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T07:03:56","slug":"port-operators-contribute-over-n300m-to-fight-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/port-operators-contribute-over-n300m-to-fight-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Port Operators contribute over N300m to fight COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Moses Uwagbale<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Two port terminal operators, APM Terminals Apapa and West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) Onne,&nbsp;&nbsp;have jointly committed more than N300 million to helping to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Mr Martin Jacob, the Managing Director of APM Terminals Apapa, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cThis is one battle we must join hands together to fight, and with the strong leadership being provided by the Federal Government, Nigeria will overcome this difficult times.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Jacob said that the items donated by the company were aimed at preventing the spread of the virus at the port since there was currently no vaccine to prevent it.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe only option available to us all at this trying time is prevention. The responsibility lies on all of us to protect ourselves and render all possible assistance within available resources.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe basic precautionary measures to take such as not touching our eyes, nose, or mouth, regular washing of hands with soap and water or alcohol-based sanitizer, maintaining social distance.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlso, avoiding large gatherings must be respected by all including at the port where we provide essential services,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Jacob said that APM Terminals Apapa had contributed N150 million into the Federal Government\u2019s COVID-19 Relief Fund Account created by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), while WACT had contributed N50 million into the same account.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>He said that in addition, the APM Terminals Apapa had donated 1,000 units of nose masks,&nbsp;&nbsp;500 disposable protective coveralls, 400 litres of hand sanitizers, protective goggles and hand gloves to the Lagos Port Complex of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe donation into the COVID-19 Relief Fund Account and the donation of safety items are coming barely two weeks after the company donated USD 200,000 (over N75 million) into the United Nations in Nigeria Basket Fund for the fight against COVID-19 in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey also committed another N25 million on community awareness through radio, social media as well as fliers to sensitize the Apapa community on how to curb the spread of the pandemic,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The statement said that the General Manager, External Relations, APM Terminals Apapa, Mr Daniel Odibe, while handing over the nose masks and other items to the Port Manager of Lagos Port Complex Apapa, Mrs Funmilayo Olotu, had called for all hands to be on deck to curtail the spread of the deadly virus.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs a responsible corporate citizen of Nigeria, APM Terminals Apapa, has complied with the directive of the Federal Government and the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to maintain continuity in port operation.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn line with the directive, our terminal is in full operation. We have also adopted stringent safety measures in line with the guidelines of the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the Port Health Services.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is to ensure that the supply chain remains uninterrupted and availability of essential supplies is maintained in the face of the pandemic,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Moses Uwagbale Two port terminal operators, APM Terminals Apapa and West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) Onne,&nbsp;&nbsp;have jointly committed more than N300 million to helping to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease in Nigeria. Mr Martin Jacob, the Managing Director of APM Terminals Apapa, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos. &nbsp;\u201cThis is one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trade-and-industry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Port Operators contribute over N300m to fight COVID-19 - The Freezone Channel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/port-operators-contribute-over-n300m-to-fight-covid-19\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Port Operators contribute over N300m to fight COVID-19 - The Freezone Channel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Moses Uwagbale Two port terminal operators, APM Terminals Apapa and West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) Onne,&nbsp;&nbsp;have jointly committed more than N300 million to helping to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease in Nigeria. Mr Martin Jacob, the Managing Director of APM Terminals Apapa, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos. &nbsp;\u201cThis is one [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/port-operators-contribute-over-n300m-to-fight-covid-19\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Freezone Channel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-15T07:03:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/58ebf69f-apm-terminals-apapa.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"The Freezone Channel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The Freezone Channel\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/port-operators-contribute-over-n300m-to-fight-covid-19\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/port-operators-contribute-over-n300m-to-fight-covid-19\/\",\"name\":\"Port Operators contribute over N300m to fight COVID-19 - The Freezone Channel\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/port-operators-contribute-over-n300m-to-fight-covid-19\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/port-operators-contribute-over-n300m-to-fight-covid-19\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/58ebf69f-apm-terminals-apapa.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-15T07:03:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-04-15T07:03:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/#\/schema\/person\/96bf776ac18c24b9af3209b53d6372d3\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/port-operators-contribute-over-n300m-to-fight-covid-19\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/port-operators-contribute-over-n300m-to-fight-covid-19\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/port-operators-contribute-over-n300m-to-fight-covid-19\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/58ebf69f-apm-terminals-apapa.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/58ebf69f-apm-terminals-apapa.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":900},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/port-operators-contribute-over-n300m-to-fight-covid-19\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Port Operators contribute over N300m to fight COVID-19\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/\",\"name\":\"The Freezone Channel\",\"description\":\"The Freezone Channel\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/#\/schema\/person\/96bf776ac18c24b9af3209b53d6372d3\",\"name\":\"The Freezone Channel\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3f4e6030bdb5805ae43cd1d477fe145bf335374d0d4cf5fc6df5a21a74c2c20f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3f4e6030bdb5805ae43cd1d477fe145bf335374d0d4cf5fc6df5a21a74c2c20f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"The Freezone Channel\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/author\/fzmainadmin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Port Operators contribute over N300m to fight COVID-19 - The Freezone Channel","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/port-operators-contribute-over-n300m-to-fight-covid-19\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Port Operators contribute over N300m to fight COVID-19 - The Freezone Channel","og_description":"By Moses Uwagbale Two port terminal operators, APM Terminals Apapa and West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) Onne,&nbsp;&nbsp;have jointly committed more than N300 million to helping to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease in Nigeria. Mr Martin Jacob, the Managing Director of APM Terminals Apapa, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos. &nbsp;\u201cThis is one [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/port-operators-contribute-over-n300m-to-fight-covid-19\/","og_site_name":"The Freezone Channel","article_published_time":"2020-04-15T07:03:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/58ebf69f-apm-terminals-apapa.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"The Freezone Channel","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"The Freezone Channel","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/port-operators-contribute-over-n300m-to-fight-covid-19\/","url":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/port-operators-contribute-over-n300m-to-fight-covid-19\/","name":"Port Operators contribute over N300m to fight COVID-19 - The Freezone Channel","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/port-operators-contribute-over-n300m-to-fight-covid-19\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/port-operators-contribute-over-n300m-to-fight-covid-19\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/58ebf69f-apm-terminals-apapa.jpg","datePublished":"2020-04-15T07:03:56+00:00","dateModified":"2020-04-15T07:03:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/#\/schema\/person\/96bf776ac18c24b9af3209b53d6372d3"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/port-operators-contribute-over-n300m-to-fight-covid-19\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/port-operators-contribute-over-n300m-to-fight-covid-19\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/port-operators-contribute-over-n300m-to-fight-covid-19\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/58ebf69f-apm-terminals-apapa.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/58ebf69f-apm-terminals-apapa.jpg","width":1200,"height":900},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/port-operators-contribute-over-n300m-to-fight-covid-19\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Port Operators contribute over N300m to fight COVID-19"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/","name":"The Freezone Channel","description":"The Freezone Channel","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/#\/schema\/person\/96bf776ac18c24b9af3209b53d6372d3","name":"The Freezone Channel","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3f4e6030bdb5805ae43cd1d477fe145bf335374d0d4cf5fc6df5a21a74c2c20f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3f4e6030bdb5805ae43cd1d477fe145bf335374d0d4cf5fc6df5a21a74c2c20f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"The Freezone Channel"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com"],"url":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/author\/fzmainadmin\/"}]}},"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}