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    Nigeria plans $1.2bn Coronavirus Fund to curtail spread

    April 5, 2020
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    *A deserted street stands during a nationwide curfew imposed as part of precautions against the coronavirus in Lagos, Nigeria on April 02. Photographer: Vanessa Ade/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

    Lagos — Nigeria plans to set up a 500 billion-naira ($1.2 billion) coronavirus intervention fund after becoming the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to report infections.

    “Our general view is that this crisis intervention fund is to be utilized to upgrade health care facilities as earlier identified,” Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed was quoted as saying in a statement from Nigeria’s Senate after talks with senior lawmakers to discuss the funding.

    “The Federal Government also needs to be in a position to improve health care facilities not only in the states but to provide intervention to the states.”

    Africa’s top oil-producing nation last week restricted all movement of people and ordered businesses and offices closed in Lagos and Abuja, the two main cities, for an initial two weeks. Nigeria has reported 209 cases of the novel coronavirus and four deaths, according to the country’s center for disease control.

    Ahmed met Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila on Saturday to seek approval for the fund, which would draw on resources from several special government accounts.

    *Ruth Olorunbi – Bloomberg

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