An Ethiopian Airlines Freighter landed on Tuesday at Lagos Airport International Airport by 3.20 PM to deliver Medical Supplies from the Jack Ma Foundation. The supplies were expected two days ago.
The airline said it is pleased to deliver these much needed critical medical supplies and equipment which help in the global fight against the COVID-19.
“We appreciate the donation of the Jack Ma Foundation and the generosity of Jack Ma. We admire Abiy Ahmed, our Prime Minister, for his initiative and organization of the entire coordination of the process,” Firihiewot Mekonnen, general manager, Ethiopian Airlines, Nigeria said.
These donations will be coming in, less than 24 hours after the federal government reversed its decision to ban cargo flights from coming into the country.
Our checks show that on 22nd March 2020, an Ethiopian Airlines cargo flight loaded with a large batch of medical supplies donated to Africa from the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation departed from Guangzhou, China and landed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
