Nigeria’s APC says Tinubu’s 10 billion naira anti-Ebola fund remains untouched
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Pmnewsnigeria
The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council says the 10 billion naira approved by President Bola Tinubu for Ebola preparedness has not been spent. Spokesman Dele Alake says surveillance agencies are using other resources, following former vice-president Atiku Abubakar’s call for an audit, Pmnewsnigeria reports.
The 10 billion naira approved in June by Nigerian President Bola Tinubu for Ebola emergency preparedness has not been spent, Dele Alake, spokesman for the presidential campaign council of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), said on Thursday 22 October, according to Pmnewsnigeria. He said the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and other surveillance agencies had funded prevention activities using their existing resources.
The statement responds to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, who called for a detailed account of disbursements, contracts, payments and supplies linked to the allocation after confirmation of an imported Ebola case in Abuja. The APC campaign council rejected his criticism and accused the opposition figure of politicising a public health emergency.
Dele Alake also defended the surveillance system after Atiku criticised the failure to detect the infected traveller immediately on arrival. He recalled that the virus’s incubation period ranges from two to 21 days, that symptoms usually appear between eight and 10 days after exposure, and that an infected person cannot transmit the virus before symptoms appear. The APC’s response follows Atiku’s call on 21 October for an [audit of the 10 billion naira anti-Ebola fund]( /news/atiku-reclame-un-audit-des-10-milliards-de-nairas-anti-ebola-au-nigeria).
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