Nigeria must improve capacity to test for coronavirus –Faduyile, NMA President

The Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning on Twitter during the week appealed to US billionaire, Elon Musk, to assist Nigeria with 100 to 500 ventilators for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. Following public criticism, the tweet was deleted and the ministry apologised for it, describing it as regrettable.

You know that in the last few years, a lot of manufacturing companies actually relocated from Nigeria to neighbouring countries and I can tell you also that Nigeria has never in recent times ventured into manufacturing of medical equipment largely because the budget set for health has been very paltry and that has stunted the growth of health in this country.

It is not that Nigeria cannot afford it; even countries where they are manufactured have demands that are more than the carrying capacities of all their companies. For example, if all the companies that produce ventilators in China, can make 10,000 in a month, hypothetically, and China itself needs 20,000 in a month, it means all the ones that have been produced will be used to service the country. Therefore, if Nigeria had all the money in the world, it might not be able to get any.

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