Dr. Kawu Mohammed, The acting Health Secretary, during a press conference announced that The Federal Capital Territory Minister, Muhammed Musa Bello, has approved daily hazard fees for COVID-19 health workers in Abuja.
Dr Kawu Mohammed said the administration recently reviewed the daily hazard allowances received by health workers by 1,000 per cent, after the recently cry out by doctors risking their lives to treat COVID-19 patients.
The daily hazard fee approved for doctors who care for coronavirus patients was 50,000 per day and for nurses, lab scientists and pharmacists 30,000. While ward heads, cleaners, drivers and others N20,000.