The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said it was developing a framework under which grants and other long term facilities would be made available...
The Central Bank of Nigeria said it was developing a framework under which grants and other long term facilities would be made available for researchers to come up with a Nigerian local solution to the Novel Coronavirus disease.
The event was for the commissioning of a 300-bed facility with a 54-gene laboratory, is a private sector driven initiative donated by a consortium of like-minded partners powered by the Sahara Energy Group and the ThisDay Media and Technology Group. Other key players include the CA-COVID, the AFC, CCECC, NNPC and the CBN.
“Our objective is to improve the capacity of our health system to address emerging public health challenges.” Secretary to the Government of the Federation , Mr Boss Mustapha, charged the private sector to now direct their support for the fight against COVID-19 to developing healthcare capacity at the rural level, noting that the fight is now at the community level.
“In order to take the development of infrastructure to the grassroots, emphasis is now being placed on community ownership, guidance, acceptance and implementation. “We are actively encouraging all our institutes and researchers to step forward for a validation of their inventions, discoveries, etc that can help humanity bring this pandemic to a quick end. Again, we urge our corporate bodies to show sufficient interest in the areas of research and medicine”, he said.
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