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AHMED LAWAN DISAGREES WITH HEALTH MINISTER OVER PAYMENT OF CORONAVIRUS FUND
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has contradicted the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on the payment of 620 million naira to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, an amount budgeted for the emergency response to novel coronavirus.
Contrary to the announcement that the money had been paid to the agency in full, the lawmaker stressed that no kobo was released.
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He, however, asked the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, to immediately release the money to the health agency.
Recall that the minister, at a press briefing in Abuja last week, said the Federal Government had released every fund needed by the Port Health Services and the NCDC, which he described as the nation’s first and second lines of defence for coronavirus.
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