President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the release of N10bn to Lagos government to help the state combat the ravaging coronavirus pandemic.
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Lagos, which is the epicentre of the pandemic with 90 percent of the infected 65 persons from the state, had asked for financial support from the federal government.
Buhari also ordered the release of N5bn to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, to procure facilities to support emergency responses, a statement by his media aide, Garba Shehu said.
In the statement, the president urged Nigerians to adhere strictly to raft of precautionary measures in place to curtail the spread of the disease including personal and environmental hygiene.
He added that he has released one of the presidential jets to NCDC, in the fight against the scourge.
It reads in part: “With regard to the request by the government of Lagos State for financial support to combat and contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus in Lagos and Nigeria, the President has already approved the sum of N10bn which release was effected within two days of the request.
“The President has also approved and ensured the prompt release of N5bn special intervention requested by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to equip and expand their facilities and laboratories.
“In the same vein, the President has given approval to NCDC’s request for an aircraft from the Presidential Air Fleet for emergency situations. He has furthermore authorised the evacuation of three critical members of the NCDC team who are stuck in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo where they went for a training organised by the World Health Organisation.”
