COVID-19: 32 States receive N1bn each from PTF
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has disbursed N1billion each to 32 states in the country amid the pandemic.
PTF Coordinator, Dr Sani Aliyu announced the disbursement of the sum on Monday during a briefing in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
“We have released money to the state governments recently. Each state government was given a billion naira.
“This is for the purpose of driving their COVID responses and we are asking them to prioritise testing in addition to surveillance activities linked to COVID-19,” he said.