The Federal Government have been advised to reduce wastages on the proposed augmentation of COVID 19 Oxygen Centres in all 36 States of the Federation and allow Ajaokuta Steel Company to produce the Product.
The advice was given yesterday by a Procurement Expert, Mohammed Bougei Attah while reacting to the approval of a whopping sum of ₦836m by the Federal Executive Council, FEC on Wednesday September 22, 2021 to support the 36 States and the FCT COVID 19 Oxygen Plants.
Speaking to newsmen on the development, Mr. Attah who is the Project Director of NGO Network and Secretary of the National Planning Committee (NPC) for the upcoming National Conference on Ajaokuta Steel Project and President Mohammadu Buhari Industrialization Agenda, said “there’s no need for the Federal Government to establish oxygen plants in all the 36 States again since Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCL) has the capacity to meet the oxygen demand of the States”.
Furthermore, he said it amounts to wastage to invest in another project of this magnitude, having spent over ₦ 5.6 billion in June for the 36 States and the FCT of naira on the COVID 19 phenomenon at the initial stage, when Ajaokuta can effectively produce the oxygen for States.
Wisdom Olisa
NGO Network
