The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has said resources provided to tackle Covid-19 in the 2022 Budget would be closely monitored to ensure prudence of its use.
Lawan said this on Monday in Abuja while declaring open a National Summit on Covid-19 with the theme: ‘End the Pandemic And Build Back Better” organised by the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on Covid-19.
He told the Participants at the Summit that in the 2022 appropriation, whatever is necessary will be provided for Nigeria to continue to fight the pandemic and beyond it.
Lawan assured Nigerians that members of the National Assembly and other Political Leaders in the Country take the health of Nigerians very seriously and will continue to be alive to their responsibility to ensure that citizens are protected.
The Senate President also urged the relevant health authorities to do more to ensure that the vaccine hesitancy is minimised or eliminated if possible.
