… Scales down Lagos Operations
Reacting to the global outbreak of the Corona virus, which has been declared as pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), Coscharis Group, Nigeria’s franchise dealer for Ford, BMW, Jaguar Landrover, Rolls Royce, among others, has advised its customers, staff and stakeholders to keep safe by taking precautionary and safety measures as instructed by the WHO and the Nigerian Center for Diseases Control (NCDC).
The Group’s president, Dr. Cosmas Maduka, who gave the advice in a media statement released on Thursday, disclosed that our Lagos based offices have been directed to drastically scale down number of their staff that will be coming to the office to achieve the required social distance directives while others work from home to be able to continually deliver value for all our stakeholders’’.
In a statement released on Thursday, the Group’s President, Dr. Cosmas Maduka, said all Coscharis’ Lagos offices have been directed to scale down number of staff reporting for duty, leaving others to work from home.
The statement reads: “We have been following with great details the global developments as it relates to the Covid – 19 health situation which is really unprecedented that has brought the whole world to a standstill. As a responsible corporate entity, we are heeding to government and the health institutions’ advice to ensure the safety of our assets whom are our staff and all our entire stakeholders.
“We have therefore put in place critical safety precautions in line with required guidelines across all our facilities and business concerns.
In line with the Lagos State Governor’s directives, all our Lagos based offices have been directed to drastically scale down number of their staff that will be coming to the office to achieve the required social distance directives while others work from home to be able to continually deliver value for all our stakeholders.’’
“Some of the measures already put in place are the hand – held scanners to check the temperature of all visitors and staff coming in and out of all our facilities, Automatic and manual dispensers in all touch points within all our locations and Consistent cleaning of critical areas of all our buildings where human traffic occurs.”
Likewise, all offshore business trips for staff has been put on hold while the foreign partners has equally been advised to stay in their various countries for the period till further notice.
“During this challenging period,” it stated, “while we would be exploring options that will reduce physical engagements where it is necessary, to the barest minimum otherwise, we encourage our customers and stakeholders to utilize other platforms like telephones, emails and our website as credible options to engage for our services.
“Coscharis group stand by all the efforts of the government to control the spread of this unfortunate virus and encourages every citizens and foreigners alike to remain responsible as we believe this is just a phase that will soon fade away in our lifetime.”
