The Bauchi state government says it spends N4,500 daily on the meals of each patient admitted to its isolation centres.

According to NAN, Rilwanu Mohammed (pictured), executive chairman of the state Primary Healthcare Development Agency (PHCDA), disclosed this in an interview with NAN.

He said Bala Mohammad, governor of the state, approved the amount to ensure that COVID-19 patients in the state were well fed.

Some COVID-19 patients had protested over alleged ill treatment, including poor feeding, at the isolation centres.

Mohammed, who is also the chairman, contact tracing committee on COVID-19 in Bauchi, said the governor directed officials to make sure that the patients feel at home in the isolation centres.

“It was the state governor that ordered us that we should put N1,500 per single meal in a day,” he said.

“That is, N1,500 meal during breakfast, the same amount for lunch as well as dinner because he doesn’t want anybody in isolation to suffer or complain so that we won’t have any riot like in some other states.

“This brings the total amount of money on meal per day to N4,500 on a single patient.”

Mohammed said he has received calls from healthy persons who want to be admitted to the isolation centres because of the “good treatment” given to the patients.

He urged the people to always adhere to all the preventive measures as advised by the government and health authorities in order to contain spread of the virus.

“Recently, three people called me and they were asking that they wanted to be admitted in isolation centre,” he said.

“One of them was from Giade Local Government Area of the state and because we recently discharged a lot of people from that area, obviously they had given them information on how they were taken care of.

“All these people were pleading with me to come and pick them up and take them to an isolation centre, they said they wanted to enjoy the chicken, eggs, fried potatoes and all the goodies our patients are having while in isolation.”

As of Saturday evening, Bauchi had recorded 232 confirmed cases of COVID-19, out of which 164 had been discharged after recovering.

Five patients have died and there are 63 active cases.

Source: https://www.thecable.ng/bauchi-we-spend-n4500-daily-on-meals-of-each-covid-19-patient/amp

Covik na real blessing

This is the most reasonable quotation I've seen from any Nigerian government since I was given birth to.

that's good

I want to become a COVID 19 patient too. hehehehehehehe

Hmmm.....meal or total care cost?

Is it not those patients that barricade the express road in protest against f government not taking care of them?

Haba na KFC Dem dey chop

Always looking for opportunity to steal money, don't be surprised if 80% of those that tested positive are actually negative
Other countries are showing us live matches and NCDC are showing us live scores

You see why this covid-19 scheme, needs to be suspended in Nigeria?
I used to think that Nigerian governors were blowing the severity of the outbreak out of ignorance,lack of understanding of the disease and just copy paste of western pattern, but I'm beginning to agree with those saying that this was all a gag to loot public Treasury.

I don't even know what to type again...

Kauran Bauchi you don carry your theifing from FCT go Bauchi. This guy and Mama Peace destroyed the FCTA. God go judge una

Are you sure by the end of this COVID thing we will still have enough money to atleast pay the salary of the president and other governors, with the way the report is coming...

Hmmm.

Be like eye dey pain me.


4,500 or 45,000


This has got to be the most honest government in the history of Nigeria.

Na to enter bauchi and get infected, then remain in there isolation center for 1 year na him sure pass now.

lol..4500 everyday..see lie

Hmmm


It will be only God will can judge these people with the way things are going.

Let do a rough calculation here:

1 person will spend 4,500 in a day
Which means 1person = #4,500 in a day
1 person in 28days
1person: 28days × 4,500= #126,000

For 100 people: 28days × 4,500 = #12,600,000

This amount can feed a whole town not even to talk of local with little of food that will can share.

There was once a country called Nigeria! !

Are they eating human organs or what!?? Governor Bala Mohammed is a thief.

The cost is very reasonable,some state will tell you they spent 50k per day.

If NA like this everybody go get covid 19 for Nigeria oo

See enjoyment

It is well

If you remove tribalistic comments , and other insensible comments from Nairaland , will there be any comments left at all , does majority of the Nigerian youth even have sense ?

No wonder they are dancing and beating drums.

The governors will not want this coronavirus to end o

Oh my

This is a good quotation. I'm shocked the SE governors spend 12, 000 naira per day to feed each COVID-19 patients.

Shame on Igbos cos they will never criticize such.

Nonsense

No wonder the figures were skyrocketing day-by-day. People want to enjoy free meals.

Anyway, good one from Governor Bala Mohammed IF the funds were used accordingly as stated.

That's Good.

WHAT those people are enjoying but truly no joyment in sickness.pls
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paralysis and limited
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