Tag Archives: COVID-19 Palliatives

It was great moments of joy on Sunday, January 31st, 2021 at the residence of Chief Sir Melie Onyejepu as many downtrodden were present to receive palliatives as a result of second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. It also marked the kick-starting of 21 local government tour by the foundation. In his opening remarks, Sir Melie was full of thanks to ...

…explains its process for procurement and distribution of palliatives Members of the Private Sector-led Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) wishes to call for calm, amidst the looting of COVID-19 palliatives meant for distribution in various State Government warehouses across the country. The Coalition is deeply concerned by the recent events and is urging those involved in the wanton destruction of Public ...

Governors of the 36 states of the federation under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), have denied hoarding palliatives donated by the Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID), a private sector initiative, to ease the economic hardship imposed on the poor by the COVID-19 lockdown. The denial came amidst continuous invasion of warehouses by some hoodlums and allegations that the governors ...

The police on Sunday ordered their officers and men to go after those who were looting private and government establishments under the guise of #EndSARS protests. Police commands in Akwa Ibom, Osun, Plateau, Kano and Anambra states in separate interviews with The PUNCH, said they had stepped up efforts to arrest suspected looters. Already, no fewer than 483 suspected looters ...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to “promptly, thoroughly, transparently and effectively investigate the circumstances surrounding the alleged hoarding of COVID-19 palliatives in warehouses in several states, which ought to have been distributed to the poorest and most vulnerable people during the lockdown, and to publish the outcome ...

Anambra State Government has received a total of 55 lorry loads of food items from Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID), a private sector-led organisation. The organisation was established to assist the government in combating the Coronavirus pandemic in the country. The food items comprised bags of rice, Noodles — Indomie, Spaghetti — Salt and other consumables; they were for distribution to ...

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Monday said most contracts of the Niger Delta Development Commission were awarded to members of the National Assembly. Akpabio said this in Abuja at the sitting of the House of Representatives committee investigating the NDDC. Also on Monday, the NDDC acting Managing Director, Prof Kemebradikumo Pondei, slumped while being interrogated ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka “If the rich can cry amidst the COVID19 pandemic, what happens to the downtrodden?” That was the one million dollar question Hon. Obinna Chris Emeneka, the lawmaker representing Anambra-East state constituency in the 7th legislature of Anambra state asked on the occasion of his 42nd birthday ceremony and palliative distribution to widows, sickle cell patients and other ...

Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 polls, Mr. Peter Obi, has advised those in authority and policy makers to, while concentrating on how to ameliorate the immediate suffering of the people, also look beyond now to plan how to help the people after the COVID-19 pandemic. Obi spoke through the Chairman of his COVID-19 ...