Nigerians React On The Corrupt Proceedings Of Government In Handling The Covid 19 Crisis
The public has also called for an extension of the COVID 19 grants donation to reach other States, as there seems to be a kind of favoritism for those living in the Northern part of the country. Also, people have complained and appealed for the government to deliver welfare packages to in-houses, rather than causing chaos and unwanted crowd in the streets, as street distribution shows disregard for the social distancing law imposed by the government.
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| Nigerians On The Streets, Seeking To Benefit From The Food And Grant Disbursement That Is Never Forthcoming |
A news reporter on the case of COVID 19; "Kazeem Babalola", has further cajoled youths to charge and Indict the NCDC for not attending to ordinary Nigerians. A recent tweet from our reporter further illustrates more on these subjects;
"There must be accountability for all the funds which have been donated publicly and in secret in order for it not to be embezzled by unscrupulous politicians. We need to know the agency in charge of collection and disbursement of the donated funds for the treatment of the virus" Kazeem Babalola has said.
The former Lagos State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP ), Segun Adewale has also deplored that several billions of naira have been donated by captains of industries, corporate organization and individuals to fight the COVID - 19, which is yet to be accounted for to Nigerians and how it has been spent in containing the virus. He further questioned the ability of the government agencies in charge of handling the COVID - 19 crisis, as the figures of cases, are expected to rise up to 39, 000, as predicted by the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi.
Segun Adewale told "The Guardian" that President Muhammadu Buhari had announced that a N10 billion grant has been given to Lagos State, being the epicenter of the virus, while N5 billion was allocated to the National Centre for Disease Control ( NCDC ). He added that corporate organizations such as Access Bank, Zenith Bank, and Guaranty Trust Bank, gave N1 billion each with facilities for isolation center, while the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ( NNPC ) gave N11billion as well.
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| Former Lagos State PDP Chairman; Segun Adewale, Charging The Government To Release Stipends To Citizens Of Nigeria. |
Segun Adewale further stressed that Other individuals who donated N1billion each include; Aliko Dangote, Tony Elumelu, Femi Otedola, Abdulsamad Rabiu, Herbert Wigwe, Segun Agbaje, and Emmanuel Lazarus who gave N2 billion, while Atiku Abubakar and Tuface Idibia gave N50 million and N10 million respectively.
I'm my opinion, It is of great importance that such grants be accounted for publicly and extended beyond Lagos State, as cases are reported in other States as well, and these states also provide efforts in combating the rapid spread of Coronavirus in Nigeria.
from various sources gathered by concerned citizens across each state of the country, a known reporter from a popular News agency in Nigeria has further stressed in his own words and for the concern of fellow Nigerians;
"I believe that the government should not represent these agencies, the donations should be given to a private sector to handle, where there can be proper accountability for all the funds donated".
He further admonished that the private sectors will be in the best position to give Nigerians periodic accounts of how much they have spent. He said the testing units should be responsible for announcing the positive results and not politicians announcing their status themselves, which will also effectively reduce the rate of anarchy and violations of law and order relating to the corvid 19 epidemic.
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By: Folorunsho Samuel Leke
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