COVID-19: FG Alots N6.5bn For Emergency Intervention

As the battle against the novel Coronavirus intensifies, the Federal Government has announced plans of releasing additional N6.5billion as an emergency intervention to the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC),  Bashir Ahmad, the personal assistant on new media to President Buhari revealed on Thursday.

 According to Ahmad, the move which was confirmed by Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed, is to aid in the fight to curb the spread of the COVID19 in the country.