Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-president Goodluck
Jonathan, has defended the Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning
for demanding ventilators from Tesla CEO, Elon Musk.
The US billionaire had tweeted that he has extra ventilators
to donate to hospitals worldwide for immediate use.
The Ministry of finance had in a tweet asked Musk, who is
the founder and Chief Engineer, SpaceX, to assist Nigeria with 100-500
ventilators to treat coronavirus victims in Nigeria.
The move by the official Twitter account of Nigeria’s
Ministry of Finance, was, however, condemned by some Nigerians.
However, Omokri took to his Twitter page to defend the
government, adding that there was nothing wrong in asking for help.
According to him, ventilators are the most sought after
commodities on earth as countries battle coronavirus.
The former presidential spokesman wrote: “There was NOTHING
wrong with what the Ministry of Finance did, by begging Elon Musk for
ventilators.
” No nation was prepared for the novel CoronaVirus.
Ventilators are the most sought after material commodity on Earth. They were
only trying to save lives by whatever means they had.
“New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo begged for ventilators on
TV! It is not a disgrace to beg to save lives!
Meanwhile, the Nigerian government has retracted its plea
demanding ventilators from Elon Musk.
The Special Adviser to the Minister on Media and
Communications, Yunusa Tanko Abdullahi, issued a disclaimer that the post made
with the Ministry’s verified Twitter account was unauthorized and therefore has
been brought down.
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