Nigeria Donates £185,000 worth of Drugs and Supplies to Sierra Leone to Fight Ebola

Nigeria has donated N50m (£185,000) worth of drugs and supplies to Sierra Leone in as part of the sub-regional fight against the dreaded ebola virus disease (EVD)  and in addition t$3.5m dashed out to a regional fund to curtail the pandemic.
 

Reporting from Nigerianwatch, the Nigerian government is donating $3.5m to a regional fund and the recent payment to Sierra Leone represents the first tranche of the money.

At a regional summit in Cotonou, health minister Dr Khaliru Alhassan, made the announcement that Nigeria has already mobilized and trained over 600 health workers as volunteers to support the containment effort in the affected countries.

Last month, international organizations have also donated enormously at a meeting of world finance ministers in Washington DC, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund pledged $300m to fight the virus.