With no recorded case of Covid-19 yet, Gov Obiano asks FG for N1bn to fight plague

Not waiting until there is a confirmed case of Covid-19 in Anambra State, Governor Willie Obiano has demanded for N1 billion from the Federal Government to fight the plague in the state.

A statement from the state government said the fund would assist its efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus into the state.

“Governor Obiano, therefore, considers it imperative that the Federal Government provides at least N1bn to Anambra, which is at risk in view of the multitude of people in its numerous markets and the peripatetic nature of the people who have been helping in the rapid development of all parts of Nigeria.

“Besides, we have as many as 63 major markets in the state, including the Onitsha main market, which is the largest market in West Africa.

“The markets are always full of millions of people from different countries in West and Central Africa, thereby making our people vulnerable,” the statement read in part.

The governor went further to say that the state government had created a special account for donations from well meaning indigenes of the state to help in preventing the virus from being imported into the state.

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”The Anambra State Government would like to use this opportunity to announce the creation of a special account to assist ndi Anambra grapple with the grave challenges of the coronavirus.

“Known as the Anambra State COVID-19 account, it is in response to various inquiries from people of Anambra State origin in different parts of Nigeria and beyond who have been seeking ways to assist their people since the viral disease outbreak,” the statement added.

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