Oyo State has accused the Federal Government of neglect in the distribution of COVID-19 palliatives and resources across the country.
According to the State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Olatunbosun Wasiu said the action was deliberate on the part of the Federal Government.
The Commissioner expressed this view while receiving an award of excellence on behalf of Governor Seyi Makinde from the Music Advertisement Association of Nigeria in Ibadan.
According to the Commissioner, it was wrong for the Federal Government to abandon Oyo State in a time of crisis. He accused the Presidency of engaging in party solidarity during a National emergency.
“It is very disturbing when you realise that the Federal Government has disbursed a lot of money and resources to Lagos, Ogun, Abuja and some other states, while Oyo State is being neglected. Party solidarity should not have come into an important issue like intervention to states during a pandemic like this; it is wrong.“
He stated that the Federal Government refused to provide adequate COVID-19 test kits for the state.
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“The testing kits given to the state were too small that it had no significance in the fight against COVID-19. Thank God for the resourcefulness of the state governor.“
“Only community testing gulped over 20,000 testing kits, but there is every reason to thank God for our governor and donor agencies, individuals and corporate organisations that have come to the aid of Oyo State.
“The post-COVID-19 health sector era will be blissful as the resources put into equipping all the state-owned health facilities will now make the sector responsive; the sector will never be same again.”