A 25 year old Nigerian engineer and entrepreneur, Jerry Isaac Mallo, has started manufacturing ventilators from locally available materials.

Mr Mallo who manufactured Nigeria’s first ‘carbon fibre’ sports car, said in an interview posted on social media that his latest invention is not only something to fit into the times, but a work aimed at alleviating the pains of the masses.

The CEO of Bennie Technologies LTD, noted in a Twitter message that he is inspired to save lives using his technological skills.

According to him it became a priority for his company seeing that many African countries cannot afford to get ventilators to fight COVID-19, and those who have the funds cannot get due to the shortage in supply.

He said his machine design, fabrication and manufacturing company saw the need to venture into production of ventilators because African countries are suffering to purchase the medical equipment which has become rather too expensive.

Mallo who in a video post on Twitter showed the operations of his ventilators, stated that the Plateau State Government supported his firm in coming up with a prototype.

He however, noted that coming up with the prototype was not enough.

In his appeal, the young engineer stated that if his firm has everything needed in place, “Nigeria will be a proud manufacturer of its own ventilators.

According to Mallo, his team needed a medical crew to scrutinize the functionality of the ventilator they had made.

A clinical test was eventually carried out and it was verified that Mallo’s invention could be put to use if improved upon.