Covid-19: FG Begs US Billionaire For Ventilators On Twitter -YOMMY AYILARA.
Let’s just admit that the unprecedented circumstances of COVID-19 seem to have given room for disorder; where a sovereign state called Nigeria, practically beg for medical kits required to care for the citizens from a private individual and foreigner.
As the cases of Coronavirus rises day by day in Nigeria, it is noteworthy that there has been inadequate test kits for the patients.
Recent effort by various States to combat the spread of the virus is the stay home rule.
In another development, the federal government of Nigeria is currently trending on social media after begging American billionaire, Elon Musk for some ventilators to tackle Coronavirus in the country.
Musk, who is the founder and Chief Engineer, SpaceX, had tweeted on Thursday that his firm had extra ventilators that had been approved by the Food and Drug Administration in America.
He tweeted;
“We have extra FDA-approved ventilators. We will ship to hospitals worldwide within Tesla delivery regions. Only requirement is that the vents are needed immediately for patients and not stored in a warehouse.”
In its response, the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning tagged the billionaire on Twitter, asking him to assist Nigeria.
The ministry tweeted;
, “Dear @Elonmusk @Tesla Federal Government of Nigeria needs support with 100 to 500 ventilators to assist with Covid19 cases rising every day in Nigeria.”
This tweet by the Federal Ministry of Finance has been trending of Twitter and it has caused panic to the citizens of Nigeria as it is an obvious message that Nigeria is lacking the necessary infrastructure to tackle the virus.
It is important to prevent this virus as prevention is better than cure.
People believe it is difficult to close down businesses for 2weeks but obviously, it is more painful to close the casket of a loved one.
See screenshot of Tweet below;
So, stay home and stay safe.
