The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has received N3.07bn from the Federal Government to upgrade and procure equipment for its laboratories across the country.
This was disclosed on Wednesday by the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, shortly after the Federal Executive Council meeting.
“The Ministry of Health presented a memo on behalf of NCDC public health laboratory specialist and for Centre for Disease Control.
Ehanire noted that the fund was for six contracts for NCDC laboratory equipment.
“The total worth of N3,070,892,988 is for various equipment and supply, to strengthen the work of NCDC in various parts of the country and 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,” he said.
