ADVERTISEMENT
  • The Membership Club
  • PT Hausa
  • About Us
  • Advert Rates
  • Careers
  • Contact Us
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Premium Times Nigeria
  • Home
  • Gender
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Opinion
  • Health
    • COVID-19
    • News Reports
    • Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Research & Innovation
    • Data & Infographics
    • Special Reports/Features
    • Investigations
    • Interviews
    • Markets
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • #EndSARS Dashboard
    • Parliament Watch
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • AGAHRIN
  • Home
  • Gender
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Opinion
  • Health
    • COVID-19
    • News Reports
    • Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Research & Innovation
    • Data & Infographics
    • Special Reports/Features
    • Investigations
    • Interviews
    • Markets
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • #EndSARS Dashboard
    • Parliament Watch
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • AGAHRIN
Premium Times Nigeria
BUA Group Ad BUA Group Ad BUA Group Ad
ADVERTISEMENT
Dr Betta Edu, Head of COVID-19 Taskforce, Cross River state

Dr Betta Edu, Head of COVID-19 Taskforce, Cross River state

COVID-19: Cross River request for federal funding to shut borders with Cameroon

byPress Release
April 20, 2020
2 min read
ADVERTISEMENT

Cross River State has appealed for funding from the federal government to enable it to shut the borders with Nigeria’s neighbour, Cameroon, because of coronavirus.

There has been no confirmed case of coronavirus in Cross River State. Meanwhile, Cameroon has over 1,000 confirmed cases.

“We are at the Pre-COVID-19 state and we don’t have the same needs as other states. All state should not be treated same,” Betta Edu, the head of the Cross River State COVID-19 Response Taskforce, stated this on Sunday in Calabar, while briefing reporters.

“Our need, for the time being, is not a 300 bed Isolation center or 100 ventilators, what we need now is funding to completely shut our borders to Cameroon with over 1,000 cases and (other Nigerian) states that have recorded many cases.”

Mrs Edu, a medical doctor, is also the commissioner of health in Cross River State.

She said the Cross River State government is spending millions of naira daily at the borders – paying security task force, vigilante, community youth and others to run shift daily – to ensure people do not cross the borders into the state from Cameroon or other Nigerian states.

She said the cost and the burden of securing the borders is becoming too huge for Cross River and, therefore, there is an urgent need for the federal government to give the state some financial support.

She said Cross River is hiring 1,000 Health Disease Surveillance and Notification Officers to do active case search in communities. “The logistics for them to go round, their daily allowances and all of that has a huge cost on government and so we urgently need financial help,” she said.

Mrs Edu refuted media reports that Cross River State has received financial support from the federal government.

RelatedNews

How COVID-19 palliatives were hijacked, distributed among party loyalists – Report

We’ll ensure no petroleum pump price increase – APC

Nigeria’s management of COVID-19 fund lacks ‘framework for accountability’ – Budgit

INTERVIEW: We were elected to develop Kaduna State, not just to pay civil servants — El-Rufai

“I, as the state commissioner for health and also chairman of the COVID-19 Response Taskforce can boldly say that the state is yet to receive any support from NCDC or federal government,” she said.

“We are at a critical point, we are appealing to the federal government under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently support Cross River state financially.”

Mrs Edu said not everybody that sneezes is COVID-19 infected.

TEXEM

She spoke on the criteria for obtaining samples for COVID-19 testing. “There are laid down criteria and rules by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Federal Ministry of Health on who to take samples from.”

She said a suspected case earlier taken to the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital has a history of respiratory distress and that she did not meet the criteria, but since health workers were worried they had to take the sample.

READ ALSO: Covid-19: Cross River govt to distribute foods to 44,000 households

Mrs Edu commended the governor of Cross River, Ben Ayade, for the “sustainable palliative” measures against the economic hardship caused by the coronavirus, especially the plan to hire 8,000 youth into the state employ.

Mrs Edu said 2,000 persons, out of the 8,000, would be employed in the health sector to assist in surveillance.

“We will be recruiting 400 doctors, 600 nurses and 1,000 disease surveillance control officers who are expected to help in tackling Covid-19 and prevent community transmission,” she said.

  • WhatsApp
  • Tweet
  • Email
  • Print
  • Telegram
  • More
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Pocket

Support PREMIUM TIMES' journalism of integrity and credibility

Good journalism costs a lot of money. Yet only good journalism can ensure the possibility of a good society, an accountable democracy, and a transparent government.

For continued free access to the best investigative journalism in the country we ask you to consider making a modest support to this noble endeavour.

By contributing to PREMIUM TIMES, you are helping to sustain a journalism of relevance and ensuring it remains free and available to all.

Donate


TEXT AD: To advertise here . Call Willie +2347088095401...


JOIN THE CONVERSATION

  • Disqus (1)
premiumtimes



PT Mag Campaign AD

Previous Post

Abba Kyari: Borno governor, family hold post-funeral prayers in Maiduguri

Next Post

Kyari’s Burial: NUJ wants taskforce members off coronavirus briefing

Press Release

Press Release

More News

Nigeria Correctional Centre Kaduna inmates (Source, folder)

Lawan, Gbajabiamila canvass reforms of correctional centres, police

April 21, 2021
National Assembly

Environmentalists demand passage of Nigeria’s climate change bill

April 21, 2021
NIGERIA: Nigerian police force

Police arrest protesting Uber, Bolt drivers in Lagos

April 21, 2021
Holding Cell at Ikoyi prison

Death Penalty 2020: China, Iran, Egypt lead in executions amidst COVID-19

April 21, 2021
Ahmed Lawan in plenary [PHOTO CREDIT: @NgrSenate ]

Senate investigates ‘lopsided’ appointment of NHRC board members

April 21, 2021
gunmen

Gunmen abduct construction workers in Ondo

April 21, 2021
Next Post
Late Abba Kyari

Kyari’s Burial: NUJ wants taskforce members off coronavirus briefing

Tony Spell [PHOTO CREDIT: New York Post]

Coronavirus: Pastor who defied lockdown order begs public to donate govt stimulus payment to church

Discussion about this post

Search

#EndSARS: Latest Updates




Polaris Bank


JAIZ Ad


Explore Akwa Ibom Ad


Explore Akwa Ibom Ad


Access Bank Ad


NITDA Ad





Glo Ad

Subscribe to News via Email

Enter your email address and receive notifications of news by email.

Join 1,655,731 other subscribers.

Advertisement






netherland biz school Advert



Zenith Advert

ADVERTISEMENT

Our Digital Network

  • PT Hausa
  • Election Centre
  • Human Trafficking Investigation
  • Centre for Investigative Journalism
  • National Conference
  • Press Attack Tracker
  • PT Academy
  • Dubawa
  • LeaksNG
  • Campus Reporter

Resources

  • Oil & Gas Facts
  • List of Universities in Nigeria
  • LIST: Federal Unity Colleges in Nigeria
  • NYSC Orientation Camps in Nigeria
  • Nigeria’s Federal/States’ Budgets since 2005
  • Malabu Scandal Thread
  • World Cup 2018
  • Panama Papers Game
  • Our Digital Network
  • About Us
  • Resources
  • Projects
  • Data & Infographics
  • DONATE

All content is Copyrighted © 2020 The Premium Times, Nigeria

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • COVID-19
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Research & Innovation
    • Data & Infographics
    • Special Reports/Features
    • Investigations
    • Interviews
    • Markets
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • Parliament Watch
    • AGAHRIN
  • Opinion
  • PT Hausa
  • The Membership Club
  • Dubawa
    • Dubawa NG
  • About Us
    • Advert Rates
  • Careers
  • Contact Us
  • Digital Store
  • DONATE

All content is Copyrighted © 2020 The Premium Times, Nigeria

Our website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.