The Federal Government has said it spent N30.5 billion in response to COVID-19 between April and July 2020 in response to a letter by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) which asked the government to provide a breakdown of how it spent the N36.3 billion donations and fund received to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, N30.5 billion was spent within the said date and it represents 84 per cent of the total sum.
A further breakdown of the expenditure reveals that the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 spent N22 billion while the 36 states spent a total of N7 billion.
Others include the Nigerian Air Force which spent N877 million for the deployment of assets in support of COVID-19 operations; the Nigeria Police Force spent N500 million on Personal Protective Equipment while about N18,000 was paid as bank charges.