The federal government has released N620 million, the second
tranche of funds, provided to address coronavirus.
Yunusa Tanko Abdullahi, special adviser on media and
communication to Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, disclosed this in a
statement on Friday.
Nigeria recorded its first case on February 24. The index
case is an Italian who came into the country for business.
The virus has since been confirmed in seven African
countries and at least 97 countries globally.
Abdullahi said the release and approval of the funds by
President Muhammadu Buhari was based on emergency.
He said the first tranche of N364 million was earlier
released, making a total of N984 million released to tackle the virus.
“The approval by President Muhammadu Buhari for the release
of funds to tackle COVID-19 was an emergency and the process of releasing the
fund was also an emergency as it was an unexpected expenditure,” the statement
read.
“However, the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National
Planning had released the first tranche of N364 million sometime ago and the
process of releasing the second tranche has been concluded with the
release of N620 million this morning,
bringing total release to N984 million.
“Responding to a media enquiry yesterday, the Honourable Minister of Finance, Budget
and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, promised that the second tranche of the needed fund
would be released today, which has been done, keeping to the promise.”
While on a tour of the isolation centre in Abuja, Senate
President Ahmad Lawan had appealed to the federal government to release the
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