Barring any last
minute change, the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government will
release N6.5bn emergency fund for the fight against Coronavirus.
Buhari-led federal
government is expected to release the money to Nigeria Centre for Disease
Control, NCDC.
This was disclosed
by the President’s Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad via his
Twitter handle on Thursday.
According to Ahmad,
Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning made the
disclosure in Abuja.
He tweeted: “FLASH:
The Federal Government is releasing additional N6.5 billion as an emergency
intervention to the National Centre for Disease Control (@NCDCGov) as Nigeria
intensifies the fight to curb the spread of the #COVID19 in the country, the
finance minister has said y’day in Abuja.”
The number of
confirmed cases of COVID-19 currently stands at 51, according to NCDC.
While one death has
been recorded, two patients have recovered and discharged.
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