Frank Ikpefan, Abuja
The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has urged the Federal Government to intensify efforts in providing more testing facilities to contain the spread of coronavirus.
The professional body said the testing facilities should be distributed across to every corners of the country to avoid the potential of people being infected without knowing.
NIPR’s President/Chairman, Governing Council, Mukhtar Sirajo, said this in a statement in Abuja.
Sirajo said the federal government should use the pandemic to upgrade the country’s healthcare system.
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It reads: “The government should therefore intensify efforts at providing more testing facilities and distributing same across the nooks and crannies of the country to avoid the potential of people being infected without knowing.
“Every crisis situation comes with an opportunity that needs to be seized. COVID-19 affords our governments across all tiers, an opportunity for introspection and sober reflection on the state of our healthcare system.
“For once, all Nigerians, irrespective of status, have no choice but to rely on services provided by our facilities at home. We must therefore ensure that our healthcare system becomes one of the greatest beneficiaries of this crisis through a systematic upgrade of the infrastructure and ancillary services post COVID-19.”
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