President Donald
Trump had a telephone conversation with President Muhammadu Buhari earlier on
Tuesday, solidarising with Nigeria over the coronavirus pandemic.
According to Lai
Mohammed, minister of information, who disclosed this at the media briefing of
the presidential task force on COVID-19, the US president promised to send
across ventilators to Nigeria.
The minister said
Buhari briefed the US president about the steps Nigeria is taking to curb the
spread of the disease.
“President Muhammadu
Buhari today had a phone conversation with President Donald Trump, at the
request of the American President,” he said.
“The conversation
centred on Nigeria’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. President Buhari used
the opportunity to brief the American President on the steps that Nigeria is
taking to contain the spread of the disease.
“On his part,
President Trump assured that the United States stand in solidarity with Nigeria
in this difficult time and promised to send ventilators to support the country
in its fight against the pandemic. President Trump also extends his best
regards to the people of Nigeria.”
Nigeria currently
has 1,337 coronavirus cases after 11,426 tests while the US has 1,013,508 cases
after 5,718,891 tests.
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