The Federal Government has approved N3.07bn for the purchase of various laboratory equipment by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control across the country.
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this after the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday.
He said, “The Ministry of Health presented a memo on behalf of NCDC public health laboratory specialist and for Centre for Disease Control.
“It is for six contracts for laboratory equipment and the total worth of N3,070,892,988 for various equipment and supply, to strengthen the work of NCDC in various parts of the country, to be more ready for the work they do in diagnostics preparedness, not only for COVID-19 but for any other disease outbreak of public interest in the future.”
