He said the delay in the payment of the health workers was as a result of the discovery that the initial amount would not be sustainable, adding that negotiations with health workers on the new payment have been concluded.
Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha on Monday admitted delay in the payment of the allowances of frontline health workers involved in the management of the pandemic.
Mustapha, who was responding to a question on the truth behind the information that essential workers on the frontline were not being paid their correct money, said: “Yes, it is true. The negotiations got to a peak, but when the figures were looked at, it became quite impossible to be paid. So, they went back to the negotiating table.
“They want to know our needs because if they don’t know our needs, they will not be able to supply the needs. So, in consultation with the Ministry of Health, the National Coordinator and Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control , we harmonised our needs and we sent it out to them. On whether the N22 billion in the PTF account should be returned to the treasury, Mustapha said: “The money in the account is not even enough because of the procurement process and the kind of things we are trying to procure. More than half of that money is for the operation of the Ministry of Health and they need all that money to procure the things they are supposed to procure. It is very difficult.
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