{"id":26471,"date":"2020-06-20T17:15:27","date_gmt":"2020-06-20T17:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=26471"},"modified":"2020-06-20T17:15:27","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T17:15:27","slug":"healthcare-gets-n126bn-in-2020-budget-osinbajo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/healthcare-gets-n126bn-in-2020-budget-osinbajo","title":{"rendered":"Healthcare gets N126bn in 2020 budget \u2013 Osinbajo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that the health sector will benefit N126bn out of the N500bn initial stimulus fund included in the 2020 Budget.<\/p>\n<p>He said the government was hopeful that the response to the COVID-19 pandemic to revamp healthcare facilities would be sustained.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement on Saturday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande; the Vice-President spoke on Friday during a webinar tagged \u201cEconomic Sustainability Beyond COVID-19\u201d and organised by Emmanuel Chapel.<\/p>\n<p>He said despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic globally, the present regime would not relent in its efforts towards improving the country\u2019s healthcare infrastructure and economy.<\/p>\n<p>These, he said, would be achieved by creating more jobs for millions of Nigerians in different sectors, supporting small businesses, local production, and manufacturing, as well as extending the social safety net for the most vulnerable in society.<\/p>\n<div data-owo-type=\"widget\" data-owo-code=\"9b0ba25c-5faa-433c-af72-a94897eb2780\" data-owo-mode=\"smart3\" data-already-used=\"true\" data-owo-token=\"9b0ba25c-5faa-433c-af72-a94897eb2780-1\">\n<div class=\"owo-main-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"owo-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that the health sector will benefit N126bn out of the N500bn initial stimulus fund included in the 2020 Budget. 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