“It is quite unfortunate that the containment of coronavirus has been politicized by the Federal Government.”
Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike has accused Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari of politicising the N10b support fund approved to support the Lagos State Government’s fight against coronavirus.
Buhari in March approved the release of N10b to Lagos State, the hardest-hit by coronavirus in Nigeria, to curb the global pandemic. Osun has 20 cases of coronavirus. Oyo and Edo State has nine cases each. Bauchi has six coronavirus patients. Akwa Ibom and Kaduna State have five cases each. Ogun State has four cases of coronavirus.
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