The Government of Ogun State, in a bid to fight coronavirus, has said that twenty per cent of the revised 2020 budget has been allocated to the health sector.
At a virtual Consultative Meeting on the Year 2020 Revised Budget, held at the Ministry of Budget and Planning, the Governor said that pandemic had brought implications that prompted the government to draw up a realistic budget that would serve the interest of the people.
Other sectors targeted in order to reduce the socio-economic effect of the pandemic include education, infrastructure, environment, and security.
“Let me reiterate that the government shall continue to focus more attention on the control and management of the COVID-19 pandemic as it has earmarked about 20 percent of the revised 2020 budget to the health sector to fight the deadly virus,” Mr Abiodun said.
“Similarly, the provision has been made in the revised budget in some crucial sectors that are expected to mitigate the effects, both economic and social, of COVID-19 pandemic in the education, environment, infrastructure, social protection and public order and safety sectors.”
The Governor said that the State had incurred expenses in its battle with COVID-19 by establishing three isolation centres at Ikenne, Abeokuta and Sagamu, training 426 public health workers and fumigating public buildings.
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