Akwa Ibom Govt spends N1billion on fight against COVID-19 - Report


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Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State said his government has so far spent about One Billion Naira to tackle coronavirus pandemic in the State.

He added that the Restriction of Movement order in the State will be relaxed when the situation improves, adding that a gradual reopening of the system on order of economic importance of sectors would be considered.

The Governor, who stated this Monday evening during a media chat held at the Government House, Uyo, said that COVID-19 has enabled the State Government to continually equip hospitals, noting that the 300-bed isolation centre at Ituk Mbang was near completion.

He said that COVID-19 never met Akwa Ibom State unprepared as it already had an isolation centre with 25 bed/modern facilities, 13 ventilators, functional intensive care unit and digitised/functional situation room and call center manned by 50 medical experts.

On the proposed random testing for COVID-19 in the State, Gov. Emmanuel said that it was a waste of government resources to embark on such, adding that anyone who needed to be tested would be tested according to the guidelines of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

His words, “It would absolutely be a waste of resources if we go on random testing. No one who needed to be tested that had not been tested. Everything we do follows NCDC guidelines."

“On lockdown, I will come back to announce very soon. We were waiting to also consult with other states because in situations like this, no state can work in isolation."

“For Akwa Ibom State, once we have a trend analysis and the graph is showing downward, we will do a gradual reopening of the system based on the economic importance of those sectors.”

Speaking on palliatives, the Governor said that his government would publish and account for all the palliatives it got from the Federal Government, corporate organisations, individuals and NGOs in due time.

He noted that Akwa Ibom State Government had received 1,800 custom bonded warehoused rice from the FG, stressing that he would not share the rice to the people because they had shown signs of decay and may not be suitable for consumption."

According to him, “For the relief materials from Federal Government, we got 1,800 bags of custom bonded warehouse rice. That gift is not good for me to distribute to my citizens. We have sent it for test, but it doesn’t look good enough for consumption.”

He, however, thanked the people of the State for their support and urged them to uphold the precautionary measures in the fight against COVID-19."

He also commended the health workers in the State for their sacrifices and doggedness in tackling the pandemic, noting that they are his heroes.

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