The federal government has released N620 million, the second tranche of funds, to fight coronavirus, TheCable is reporting. Yunusa Tanko Abdullahi,
The federal government has released N620 million, the second tranche of funds, to fight coronavirus, TheCable is reporting.
Yunusa Tanko Abdullahi, special adviser on media and communication to Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, said the release and approval of the funds by President Muhammadu Buhari was based on emergency. He said the first tranche of N364 million was earlier released, making a total of N984 million released to tackle the virus.
Nigeria recorded its first case on February 24. The index case is an Italian who came into the country for business. The virus has since been confirmed in seven African countries and at least 97 countries globally.
