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COVID-19 donations go to the CBN – Presidential Taskforce
The Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said on Thursday all the resources gathered in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic in the country would be mobilised for direct development and delivery of critical infrastructure to states.
Mustapha, who disclosed this while briefing the leadership of the National Assembly on the activities and efforts of the team at curbing the spread of the disease in the country, said the task force would not be directly involved in the collection and disbursement of the cash donations for COVID-19.
He said the main accounts were domiciled in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
Mustapha, who is also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, added that the funds would also be used for direct procurement and delivery of Personal Perspective Equipment, (PPEs) and other critical equipment by donors and deployment of Rapid Response Teams to states for capacity building and support.
He said: “The Accountant General of the Federation has already published the account details for collection through five commercial banks and also provided the modalities for its utilisation. All the main COVID-19 accounts shall be domiciled in the Central Bank of Nigeria. However, all non-cash donations shall be duly received by the PTF, acknowledged, documented and appropriately deployed.”
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