CRITICISMS have continued to trail the Federal Government’s controversial plan to expend $200 million, which is in excess of N82 billion, on the procurement of mosquito nets and ancillary medicaments to fight malaria in 13 out of the 36 states of the federation.
The disapproval of this unusual proposal by many Nigerians is not predicated only on the colossal amount of money to be expended on what is tantamount to frivolity in the circumstances, but also on the fact that the government plans to take a foreign loan to do the purchase since it does not have the money. Why is the purchase of mosquito nets so critical at this time that the country has to
increase its already humongous foreign…
Source: Nigerian Tribune
