The FCT minister has approved a daily hazard fee for coronavirus frontline health workers in Abuja.
Doctors who care for coronavirus patients are expected to receive N50,000 per day while nurses, lab scientists and pharmacists will get a hazard fee of N30,000 per day while ward heads, cleaners and drivers who handle Coronavirus patients will get a hazard fee of N20,000 on a daily basis.
The announcement was made after doctors cried out that they are putting their lives on the line only to get 5,000 Naira hazard fees.
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However, the new payment does not apply to all doctors, a few doctors stated that the N50,000 only applies to those in the frontline fight against Coronavirus while the rest of them receive N5,000 on a monthly basis, not daily.
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Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a message of felicitation to Christians to mark 2020 Easter celebrations.
Noting that 2020 Easter celebration is unlike previous years due to the ravaging Coronavirus pandemic, Buhari urged Christians to rekindle their faith in Jesus Christ.
He said: “I wish to enjoin our Christian compatriots to rekindle their faith in Christ who overcame persecution, sufferings and displayed endurance, steadfastness and above all piety.
“Jesus Christ represented man’s ability to withstand temporary pains in the hope of everlasting glory.
“I urge you to imbibe and live the values of humility, discipline, perseverance, sacrifice and obedience which Jesus Christ demonstrated during His stay on earth.
“There is no better opportunity than now for all Christians in particular, and Nigerians in general, to remain faithful and hopeful that with intensified prayers backed by personal and collective responsibility, the nation shall pull through this most difficult trial.”
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