100 new cases of COVID-19 has been recorded in Nigeria on Sunday, September 6, 2020, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, has said.
A breakdown of the new cases across different states in the country is as follows; Lagos-39, FCT-22, Kaduna-19, Oyo-7, Ebonyi-6, Edo-3, Katsina-1, Ekiti-1, Bauchi-1, and Nasarawa-1.
The 100 new cases of COVID-19 now brings the total number of confirmed cases to 55,005. 1,055 deaths has been recorded while 43,013 patients have recovered from the virus.
100 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-39
FCT-22
Kaduna-19
Oyo-7
Ebonyi-6
Edo-3
Katsina-1
Ekiti-1
Bauchi-1
Nasarawa-155,005 confirmed
43,013 discharged
1,057 deaths pic.twitter.com/2sHFVFROiz— NCDC (@NCDCgov) September 6, 2020
The Federal Government said it has spent N30,540,563,571.09 donated funds to fight COVID-19 from 1st April to 30th July, 2020.
A total of N36.3 billion was donated by Nigerians to the Federal Government under the CACOVID initiatives at the perk of the pandemic.
While the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, coordinated and warehoused the collection, the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, OAGF, managed and released the funds to government agencies to fight COVID-19.
Recently, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, and Connected Development, CODE, had requested from OAGF details of COVID-19 spending under the Freedom of Information Act, FOI.
The OAGF responded to the request stating N30,540,563,571.09 was spent, “representing 84% of the N36.3 billion public funds and donations received to respond to COVID-19 between 1st April, 2020 and 31st July, 2020, leaving the balance of N5.9 billion.”
The OAGF revealed: “The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 spent N22 billion and 36 states spent N7 billion to support their COVID-19 initiatives; the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, spent N877 million for deployment of assets in support of COVID-19 operations; while the Nigeria Police spent N500 million on personal protective equipment. N17,865.09 was paid as bank charges.”
However, SERAP and CODE are demanding from the OAGF “specific details and additional information on the spending of N34.4 billion between April and July, and details on plans to spend the balance of the balance of N5.9 billion in the coronavirus Eradication Support Accounts.”
