Ex-IPAC Chair Faults Ayade On COVID-19 Fight

Mr Godie Akpama, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River State has expressed displeasure over Senator Ben Ayade’s measures in fighting the Coronavirus pandemic.
Akpama, a former governorship candidate of the All Progressives Alliance in a statement made available to reporters at the weekend in Calabar stated that the money used in the purchase of fifty cars by the governor which he handed over to his aides could have been used in setting up a testing centre and equipping an isolation centre in the event of an occurrence of the virus in the state
“Let me categorically state that the 50 cars are a misplaced priority because they cannot address the immediate health challenges the state is faced with. Having looked critically at the use which those cars have been put to, I am of the s,” he said. view that purchasing more ambulances would have been better for the state because they would serve present and future uses in cases of health emergencies,” he said.
Akpama said though there was officially no reported case of Coronavirus in the state, the period of absence of any positive case should serve as a window of opportunity for adequate preparation against it.