193 New Cases of COVID19 (15/05/2020)

One hundred and ninety three new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria.

Confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeria have increased to 5162 after 193 new infections were put down on Thursday

This was released by NCDC on its Tweeter Handle on Thursday night.

193 new cases of #COVID19;


58-Lagos
46-Kano
35-Jigawa
12-Yobe
9-FCT
7-Ogun
5-Plateau
5-Gombe
4-Imo
3-Edo

On The New Chief of Staff

That the newly unveiled Chief of Staff to  Prsident Muhammadu Buhari is Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari is no more news. he was announced to the post by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation,  Boss Mustapha, yesterday. However, some are wondering if he has the energy for the post given his advanced age. They point to the fact the new CoS is 75 years old. With his age would he be able to cope with the frenetic pace of his office? Netizens pointed to the fact the President Buhari has a penchant for old men. They point the president past appointments like the former CoS Mallam Abba Kyari who died at the age of 67 earlier on17 April, the Minister of Agriculture who is 72 years, etc. Some have also likened Buhari's government to a gerontocracy. 

Others accuse him of nepotism and favoritism. Some even joked that Nigeria scrapped the study of History in schools because those who are supposed to be studied are still in power. Below are some tweets.

F.G To Commence School Feeding Programmme--Minister

The Federal government has made known its readiness to start home feeding of pupils under the school feeding programme of the government. The home feeding programme was announced by the Minister of Humanitarian Affair, Disaster Management and Social Development, Mrs Sadiya Umar Farouq. She said the programme will start with the FCT, Lagos, Ogun, and Kano state. Since schools have been closed the pupils will be given their food at their various home addresses. The programme will take off in 31 states where the Federal government is budgeting a hefty sum of N679m per day, which is about N13.5 monthly. The cost of logistics is expected to be heavy as food will be delivered to individual pupils’ homes. If on the other hand, pupils are expected to congregate to collect the food, the spread of Covid-19 is guaranteed. Mrs Sadiya Farouq said 3.1m households would benefit from the programme. 60% of the programme cost will be borne by the FG while the states will cough up the balance. The feeding programme will commence on Thursday the 14th of May 2020 with 3,131,971 households benefiting.

  A lot of people are skeptical of the workability of the project. Does the FG know the pupils’ addresses?  Is the government ready for the logistical challenges? Others believe the project is just another white elephant project crafted to divert public funds into private pockets. The various adjectives used to describe the project by some commentators include: sham, smokescreen, embarrassing, disrespectful, dishonest, unrealistic, etc.

Osinbajo, Chairman of Association of Short Men--el-Rufai

Nasir El-Rufai, the governor of Kaduna state has conferred the chairmanship of the Association of Short  Men on the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo. He made this declaration on his twitter handle @elrufai while reacting to a video interview with @Tejubabyfacetv in 2010. In the said video,  he jocularly said he was the Secretary General of Nigerian Association of Short Men.

  While recalling how time flies,  he thanked @Tejubabyfacetv for the interview.  

He however posited that  "the current chairman of the Nigerian Association of Short People….so we are represented at the highest echelons of governance! Thanks Teju." He  was at his comedic best.  

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