The Federal Government says funds donated by the private sector towards fighting Coronavirus are meant for development of healthcare infrastructure and cannot be used to provide palliatives during lockdown.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave the explanation on Tuesday, when he featured on a Radio Nigeria programme, “Politics Nationwide”, monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

Mohammed was responding to comments from Nigerians requesting that part of the billions of naira being donated by public-spirited individuals and private institutions should be shared to the people to cushion the effect of the extended lockdown.

The minister said that the Presidential Task Force for the Control of Coronavirus was neither with the money nor in control of it, and could not share a penny from the fund to anyone.

“The private sector donors are not giving any cash to the federal government and they have made this clear to the people.
“They said they will support the fight against the pandemic by asking government where they want healthcare infrastructure to be provided.

“What government has done is to request them to build a 30-bed isolation ward and a 10-bed Intensive Care Unit in each state in the country.

“In addition, the federal government has given them a list of equipment and commodities that will also be needed
“Therefore, the issue of using their donations to provide palliative cannot arise,” he said.

Mohammed further said that in addressing the issue of palliative, every country adopted peculiar strategy that was workable and acceptable
https://thenationonlineng.net/why-government-cannot-share-private-donations-as-palliative-lai-mohammed/

Jesus

It is finished

I love Nigeria my Country

Eyaaaa....So eyaaaaa.

I'm speechless. Eyaaaa. We Don enter one chance. We all have to protest to AsoRock o. Na the only way o

Na God go punish all of una for APC

What happened to the billions of Naira Tax Payers Money budgeted for Health care ?

Hospital that in the next 15years, they've not finished building...why is the country full of useless, corrupt, senseless and wicked and heartless and devilish people...

If only they will do the right thing

Really?


So it's the private sector that will now donate money to Nigerian useless government to develop health sector they've so neglected over how many decades? You see the kind of government we have in Nigeria? God will judge you all.

abi ooo. these people thinks Nigerians are fools

NaijaRoyalty:
Na God go punish all of una for APC

What happened to the billions of Naira budgeted for Health care ?

There has never been a more corrupt country like Nigeria and they've never been a more inept and useless presidency like the Buhari led government in the entire Earth....

Tufiakwa!

Cursed people!

Countries of the world are looking for how to solve this problem of covid-19. Buhari and his people are looking for how to steal our money.. what a people. Cursed

Make sure the health care is not audio

I don't blame mr liar , I'll blame the donors who left their workers/families, village pple, especially those useless banks giving FG money they generate from us

Nonsensical.
Meanwhile, no problem! Not using it accordingly is what will only be an everlasting curse on anyone that participate in squandering the funds

hisexcellency34:
abi ooo. these people thinks Nigerians are fools

We warned Nigerians against voting this thieving party for a second term after there disgraceful performance in the first term , but they called us wailers .. now see how things ha played out ?

The useless thieving APC ha taken corruption to a whole new level .

Tolani0167:
Make sure the health care is not audio

You're one of the many problems of this country by your comment .

What you should be asking s what happened to the billions of naira tax payers money budgeted for health care ?

Shut your mouth. GEJ and Atiku are worse. If only those young minds can form a third force, we wouldn't have resulted to Buhari who is better of the former.
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NaijaRoyalty:


We warned Nigerians against voting this thieving party for a second term after there disgraceful performance in the first term , but they called us wailers .. now see how things ha played out ?

The useless thieving APC ha taken corruption to a whole new level .

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Thieves!
What about the past medical allocations that have been looted. The same way they're gonna loot it and then flee abroad for medical checkup whenever they need one, not giving a Bleep about the public health care.

Bunch of zombies!

So what had been happening to the money budgeted for the healthcare all these years?

The thunder that will strike Lai Mohammed is sharpening itself from Zambian Biggest rock.

LivingSage:
Shut your mouth. GEJ and Atiku are worse. If only those young minds can form a third force, we wouldn't have resulted to Buhari who is better of those formers
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Your Yoruba brothers in Lagos just mobed a bus carrying bread due to hunger .

I guess that's the kind of Life you want to live .

https://punchng.com/no-single-syringe-others-in-villa-clinic-aisha-buhari/

Remember Aisha Buhari said no single syringe in Aso Villa hospital

ckmayoca:
So what had been happening to the money budgeted for the healthcare all these years?

No!
You don't even have a life to live
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NaijaRoyalty:


Your Yoruba brothers in Lagos just mobed a bus carrying bread due to hunger .

I guess that's the kind of Life you want to live .

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How did people with brains vote in these set of incompetent fools to preside over their affairs and destiny.

This is the eight wonder of the world.

LivingSage:
No!
You don't even have a life to live
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Dis olosho never ceases to amuse with her foolishness .

Like I said earlier , your Yoruba brothers are hustling for bread in Agege Lagos due to hunger .

Mumu. Goan buy sense, nothing is there
Ode dudu
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NaijaRoyalty:


Dis olosho never ceases to amuse with her foolishness .

Like I said earlier , your Yoruba brothers are hustling for bread in Agege Lagos due to hunger .

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So what of the billions they allocated from the Annual budget for the past five years?


Shey they use that one to build cattle colony?

Will you keep kwayet

Establish Ruga

Iamgrey5:
So what of the billions they allocated from the Annual budget for the past five years?


Shey they use that one to build cattle colony?

Coronavirus go kill Buhari n his zombies

Meaning if there was no private donations, the government would leave the healthcare infrastructure to continue to decay?
Indeed, our country's independence was a huge mistake.