President Muhammadu Buhari has instructed that Nigeria’s allocation of the Madagascar syrup should be airlifted to the country, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Musatapha, said on Monday.
The SGF, who is also chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on the Control of COVID-19, said this at the daily briefing of the panel in Abuja.
“Madagascar has made allocations to various countries, and sent them to Guinea Bissau. We‘re supposed to make arrangements to freight Nigeria’s allocation from Guinea Bissau; it‘ll be subjected to the standard validation process for pharmaceuticals.
“Mr President has given instructions for the airlifting of Nigeria’s allocation of the Madagascar COVID-19 Syrup; also given clear instructions that it must be subjected to the standard validation process for pharmaceuticals; there will be no exceptions for this,” he said.
He said Nigeria has only one National Response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Where there are differing strategies is in the implementation of non-pharmaceutical interventions. But as far as the (Health) Response is concerned, there is only one National Response,” he said.
