The Ogun State government said it had spent a sum of N2,779,000,000 in a bid to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the State.
The COVID-19 Task Force in the State disclosed this through the Commissioner for Finance, Mr Akinola Ojo, in a press briefing.
Mr Ojo said that treatment and isolation centres were set up, palliatives and seedlings were purchased and distributed to some residents and farmers. He added that a part of the fund was used to procure ambulances and secure the State’s borders.
A detailed breakdown of expenses according to the Commissioner, show that N900 million was used in the procurement of palliatives for vulnerable farmers; N370 million for the rehabilitation of the infectious disease centre at Olodo; N450 million for security and surveillance at the State’s borders; N118 million to support the University College Hospital (UCH); N614 million for the purchase of reagents, test kits and other medical consumables and N321 million was used to purchase ambulances.
The government said about N378 million was deposited into the State’s endowment fund, while other financial contributions to the State amounted to N1.177 billion. It also disclosed that it had an expectancy of N100 million by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
The Commissioner, however, noted that the monies spent so far belonged to the State government, adding that the donated funds have not been spent.
The statement concluded that N15,000 hazard allowance for each health worker had been approved and that payment from March would be disbursed this month. It also revealed that journalists and other frontline workers may be considered hazard allowance after due deliberations.
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