The World Bank Executive Board approved an investment of $114.28 million to assist Nigeria in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic with specific responses at the state level.
According to the bank, yesterday in Washington, the financing included a $100 million loan from the International Development Association (IDA) and a $14.28 million donation from the Financing Facility for Pandemic Emergencies.
The organization stated that through the COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Project (CoPREP), the Nigerian federal government would grant subsidies to all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as soon as they break the local COVID-19 transmission chain and restrict its spread through containment and mitigation strategies.
He said: “State grants will be conditional on states adopting COVID-19 reaction methods that are consistent with federal government rules and methods. CoPREP will have the institutional and operational capacity for disease detection through the provision of technical expertise, coordination support, detection, diagnosis and case control efforts in all states and in the CTF in accordance with WHO rules in the Strategic Response Plan.
“It will also help the government mobilize a strength reaction capability through trained and well-equipped front-line fitness personnel and the public fitness care network for long-term fitness emergencies.”
In addition, the assignment would finance the federal purchase of medical equipment, lab tests, and drugs that will be distributed to states according to their needs.
The bank said: “It complements the timing of the allocation of regional disease surveillance formula (REDISSE II), which already provides a short-term emergency to implement national and state action plans in the event of an incident. So far, all 36 states have approved incident action plans through the Nigerian Centers for Disease Control (NCDC) and the budget has been provided to 23 states.
“CoPREP will supply more to all states and territories in the federal capital of Abuja through the NCDC to implement its action plans for the COVID-19 incident.
“Specifically, this includes: the commissioning of 37 emergency operations centres; Training of 30,000 fitness personnel to save and control infections; Support for precedence water sanitation and hygiene activities; Strengthening threat assessment and monitoring of networks and occasions; provide knowledge in time to count the reaction and mitigation activities; Additional laboratory help for early detection and confirmation; Equipment and renovation of isolation and rehabilitation centers, adding help centers in the network; and improving patient transfer systems through ambulance investment and education as needed. »
Commenting on the new funding, Shubham Chaudhuri, the World Bank’s national director for Nigeria, said: “Nigeria has intensified its efforts to involve the COVID-19 epidemic, but there is still much to be done at the state level, which is at the forefront of the response The allocation will provide states with much-needed technical and direct fiscal assistance for their position in the fight against the pandemic.
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