Buhari Govt Releases N386m To Prevent Coronavirus In Nigeria The Federal Government has released a total sum of 386 million naira towards boosting its preparedness in preventing the importation and possible outbreak of COVID-19 virus, hitherto known as coronavirus.
It would be recalled that the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire had submitted a memo to the Presidency about two weeks ago requesting for the sum of N620m to strengthen preparedness and interventions for proactive measures to prevent the importation of the coronavirus virus to the country. While addressing newsmen on Friday in Abuja, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Mr. Abdullahi Mashi, explained that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) received a sum of N315m, adding that an earlier sum of N71m was released to the port health services division of the ministry for improved surveillance at the ports of entry, especially at the airports.
According to him, “Intervention requests were made to the Presidency, and because of the level of emergency, the Ministry of Finance consented to the request. I can confirm to you that N71m was released to the port health services division of the ministry. Also, NCDC have been given N315m. Another request is still in the pipeline.” “Nigeria is developing a stockpile of medical supplies to be used in the event of any outbreak. Our capacity for testing in Nigeria has been enhanced as we have three laboratories currently – National Reference Laboratory in Abuja, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital in Edo state.”
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