Nigerians urged to prioritise good hygiene
The Chief Executive Officer of Saftermobo Nigeria Limited, owners of KilRox Disinfecting Wipes, Mr Nnamdi Nwokike has urged Nigerians to prioritise good hygiene, as about 50 per cent of organisms and diseases can be taken care of through proper hygiene.
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The chief Executive Officer stated this in an interview with newsmen following the launch of KilRox Disinfecting Wipes in Abuja, Nwokike harped on the need to raise awareness on the importance of hygiene.
“As the COVID-19 pandemic set in last year, we began to think of what to do, to first raise the consciousness of hygiene, proper hygiene in our country, given that any form of germs coming in can spread if people are not conscious of hygiene.
“We are here as a company that focuses on raising the awareness of Nigerians on hygiene and keeping it going because that is the key to the whole world order.
“COVID-19 made us so vulnerable, but today, our product is addressing the hygiene challenges of Nigerians. We said this should be our own contribution to take care of the effect of COVID-19, but beyond COVID-19, we want to say that it’s our eternal contribution towards proper personal, industrial, household hygiene.
“With our wipes, you can wipe your hands, you can wipe your table, you can wipe your phones, you can wipe laptops, ATM machines, elevator machines, and hotel, hospitals and people on the front line use it profusely abroad. So we hope that that utility system will come to our country so that it can be used the way it ought to be used,” he added.
“Our distribution continues to increase every day. We launched two months ago, we have sales people now in Abuja, Lagos, in Port-Harcourt, Enugu, Onitsha, Awka and we continue to roll out our distribution.”
He however warned against use on babies and open wounds.
On how the product is faring in the Nigerian market, Nwokike said: “We are very happy with the acceptability. It’s the product for the season.
“It’s very easy to produce, it’s not high-tech. We can easily and conveniently make KilRox Wipes here. It’s already in the pipeline, it’s in our plan, so maybe at the end of the year, and we will start manufacturing here.”
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