The Federal Government has earmarked a total of N140 million on the recent LASSA Fever outbreak in the country.
In a joint press briefing in Abuja, Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole and his Information and Culture counterpart, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the two ministers assured Nigerians that efforts are being made to curb the spread to other states in the country.
Adewole also disclosed that a sum of N56 million will be spent on drugs. He said “With respect to the cost, we are currently handling it within our in-house resources, using drugs that we had in stock. But we are trying to replenish our stocks; we estimate that we will spend 56 million naira to replenish the drugs. And in order to mount the response; we are looking at 140 million naira.
“So everything is manageable within the budget of the Federal Ministry of Health, we need not panic for now. When we set up an inter-ministerial committee to ensure that we finally declare Lassa fever dead, buried completely, we will come up with the budget,” he maintained.
“We will also be very realistic in line with the posture of the present administration. We are not going to declare a bazaar, so no one should expect to feast on Lassa fever.”