COVID-19: We want Nigerians to have easy access to oxygen – PSC

The federal government has said the objective of the new 38 oxygen production plants across the country is to ensure that Nigerians can have easy access to oxygen.

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, disclosed in Abuja that, when he received the Ambassador of the United States of America to Nigeria Mary Beth Leonard, during a courtesy visit to the PSC to foster partnership on COVID-19.

Facts on the ground shows that, lack of oxygen accounted for fatalities in India, even as he acknowledged that the fragile Nigeria oxygen distribution network was a concern.

“The President has approved and I believe that we will be seeking approval for the award of oxygen plants that the federal government is going to establish in all the 36 six states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.

“This is all in order to ensure that our health infrastructure is strengthened for adventure, the third wave comes in a very virulent and deadly manner like it has impacted India.

“We are preparing for that. Not only that, but we are also using the opportunity of COVID-19 to reconfigure our health infrastructure and make it better and make it more enduring and sustainable for posterity,” Mustapha said.

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