ADC criticises FG over poor management of COVID-19 pandemic

The All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government has been criticised for not making adequate provision to bring succour to citizens as they grapple with the lockdown order occasioned by the deadly coronavirus disease.

The African Democratic Congress (ADC), which made the criticism in a press release circulated to journalists in Bauchi on Tuesday, lamented the way and manner the federal government is handling the pandemic.

“They are not doing enough to control the spread of the disease,” the party said.

Vice Chairman, north -east of the party, Manzo Ibrahim pointed out that the novel pandemic has triggered a change in all nations of the world.

“It has become a phenomenal incident that challenges virtually every stratum of human living and nations.The big question is how prepared is Nigeria as a nation.

“Nigeria’s health facilities are in a state of near collapse with outdated facilities, inadequate health personnel and poor working environment that needs a total attention if they are to serve as health facilities that give healthy attention to citizens.

“This was as a result of the unprecedented negligence of the health ministry partly due to inherent corruption and mere attitude to government’s facilities,” he said.

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The party which alleged that the social investment programme introduced by the federal government has no tangible results, explained that the conditional cash transfer, tradermoni and others have witnessed cases of graft and irregularities.

“If the COVID-19 pandemic escalates, it will be so much catastrophic to the country in view of the poor state of Nigeria’s health sector and lack of serious measures to contain the spread of the virus,” he cautioned.