Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Health, Mr Abdulaziz Mashi Abdulaziz, disclosed this to newsmen while providing updates on the preparedness for Coronavirus andAbdullaziz noted that the
amount was released by the government in two batches.
“While the first batch of N71 million was released at the end of January to facilitate activities of the Port Health Services department of the ministry, the second was released after the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said thewhen he appeared before the Senate Committee on Health. “It is true that intervention was sought from the presidency and the Ministry of Finance and Budget Planning. This is because of the level of the emergency. I can confirm to you that N71million was released to the Port Health Services division of the ministry.
“The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control was also given N315m directly. Other requests are in the pipeline and yet to be released,” he said.had been reported from Egypt and that the affected person was a foreigner. Mamora added that the Ministry has inaugurated an inter-ministerial committee to provide oversight leadership.He said, “Nigeria is receiving technical support from the World Health Organisation,
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