US stands in solidarity with Nigeria to defeat Covid-19- Ambassador vanguardnews
Following President Donald Trump’s telephone conversation with President Muhammadu Buhari on efforts to defeat Covid-19 in Nigeria, the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Berth Leonard has restated the United States government’s promise to stand in solidarity with Nigeria to defeat the deadly virus.
She also disclosed that about 237 million USD had been expended on Covid-19 activities with Africa continent and about 32.8 million USD already spent in Nigeria to fight the virus, adding that the US government, in over 20 years, had spent some amount of dollars, part of which had been spent on health in Nigeria.
The Ambassador however commended the incredible efforts by the Federal government of Nigeria in fighting spread of the virus, saying that, “I think Nigeria is really to be commended for the incredible mobilisation that it has done with its resources in order to fight against Covid-19. It is a difficult situation in every country and the US government is standing with Nigeria in the fight.
Ambassador Berth also noted that the US government through the US Agency for International Development and Department of State had new funding for Nigeria for the prevention and mitigation of the novel coronavirus, stressing that the US is leading the world’s humanitarian and health response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the assistance is rolling out gradually to support critical activities to control the spread.
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