Airtel Nigeria has announced a commitment of over N1.9 billion towards the fight against COVID-19 in Nigeria. Providing a breakdown of the pledged sum, Airtel said N200 million would go towards provision of an Isolation Center or any required Medical Facility agreed with the appropriate health authority in the country; another N120 million towards provision of over 100,000 Respirator Masks for health workers across the country. It is also offering free Short Message Services (SMS) to customers across all networks worth over N1 billion as well as free data for customers to access educational and health sites worth about N500 million. The sites include those of Federal Ministry of Health and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on COVID-19. The Company has earlier commenced a multi-million-naira educational awareness campaign to sensitise Nigerians on steps to take to prevent spread of the virus.