The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha had said Madagascar COVID-19 herb was sent to Nigeria at no cost.
Mustapha disclosed this on Tuesday at the media briefing of the task force.
He also warned that reopening the economy will rely largely on the level of compliance with the guidelines issued for the control of the spread of the virus.
According to him, ‘We have repeated that we didn’t ask for it. It was given to us by the government of Madagascar to African countries as their contribution towards a solution to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The consignment for West Africa was dropped in Guinea Bissau and we were making effort to airlift. As God would have it, the President of Guinea Bissau visited our President last Saturday and came with our consignment of five cartons. They were handed over to me yesterday evening (Monday) sealed. It was handed over to me without an invoice, so I assume it didn’t come with any cost.”
The SGF urged Nigerians, especially the business sector, to use the period of the extended eased lockdown to prepare ahead of the reopening by adopting an attitudinal change in order to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the country.
