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Delta State accused of diverting Covid-19 funds
<h4><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Delta State Government is accused of diverting COVID-19 monies, despite the fact that five isolation centers in the state are currently closed due to the pandemic&#8217;s second phase.</span></h4>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">According to the findings, the isolation center at the Federal Medical Centre in Asaba is currently charging more than N100,000 for COVID-19 therapy.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">&#8220;Previously, it was free therapy, but now at the FMC, the COVID-19 treatment is N100,000 per person,&#8221; a source at the center revealed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Last week, the Federal Government disbursed over N1 billion from the COVID-19 budget to states, including Delta State, to tackle the recent Omicron virus.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Federal officials had also accused state governments of mismanaging COVID-19 monies allocated to them.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In an interview with The PUNCH, human rights campaigner Victor Ojei urged the Delta State Government to open the isolation centers and begin treatment in the state as soon as possible.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">&#8220;As I talk to you now, all six isolation centers are closed,&#8221; he stated.</span></p>