President Muhammadu Buhari has given the go ahead for the launching of at least 36 oxygen plants across the country.
This is coming as one of the government’s numerous measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease.
It is expected that at least an oxygen plant will be launched in each state of the federation while Abuja and Lagos will have two plants each.
The government’s decision was made known in a communiqué issued by the Nigerian Governors’ Forum on Wednesday.
The statement contained briefings from different representatives on different issues bordering the country.
This includes Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the government of the Federation and Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19.
Mustapha had appeared before the forum to give an update on the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Besides the plan to set up oxygen plants across the country, Mustapha also said a supplementary budget had been submitted by the federal government to enable the country access additional vaccines for its citizens.
While he commended state governors for rising to the challenge of the time by providing exemplary leadership and resources to curb the impact of the pandemic, the SGF also called for continued action to maintain non-pharmaceutical interventions.
These interventions include enforcement of COVID-19 guidelines in public places and government institutions, heightened surveillance, risk communication, social mobilization, testing and reporting of data, vaccination, as well as sustained clinical care for patients.
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