The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force(PTF) on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha said that: “Post COVID-19 would bring about total overhaul on the health sector. I believe after COVID-19 Nigeria will not be the same again as there will be provision of infrastructure that was neglected.”
Mr Mustapha pointed out that the Task Force was not averse to criticism from Nigerians in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19.
He said: “The PTF would always welcome criticism with solutions, adding that any criticism directed at PTF must be constructive and proved to be a solution to contain the Coronavirus.”
“We have always accommodated criticism, but any criticism without suggestion of solution is not constructive, nobody can predict the attitude of COVID-19; it is unprecedented global pandemic.”
He said that PTF remained one of the most coordinated responses in national crisis, adding that the Taskforce had taken bold step that had never been taken before now.
Mr. Mustapha commended Private Organisations, Religious bodies, Government agencies and NGOs that had provided donations and palliatives.
He urged commercial banks to ensure money was always available to their customers who might want to withdraw money by ensuring that money was always available in the Automated Teller Machine (ATM).
Mr. Mustapha reacted to the shortage of fund at most ATM centers on panic withdrawal and slow restocking, adding that the Central Bank of Nigeria should continue to engage commercial banks to ensure a hitch free financial flow.
The Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, said that the ministry needs to ensure that facilities put in place for returnees were well equipped, adding that it would ensure the returnees were well kept.
He said that the returnees should be back to the country by the end of next week, adding that 200 returnees would be accommodated in Lagos and Abuja.
