Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, said the state government rejected N1.1 billion support fund from the World Bank because of his belief that COVID-19 is a “glorified malaria”.
The governor also described the World Bank’s Memorandum of Understanding for the fund as “a one-sided agreement”.
However, he admitted that the state government received N1 billion from the Federal Government to tackle the effects of COVID-19 in his state.
He said the while fielding questions on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Tuesday.
The fund is expected to be distributed across the 36 states and the FCT, as grants to support efforts aimed at containing the spread of the virus in the country.
According to Bello, COVID-19 pandemic has a political undertone.He said, “I rejected the World Bank fund because I do not believe in COVID-19. Even the five cases reported in Kogi State is an NCDC creation.“Go and check records. Kogi State is the only state that refused to sign that document for N1.1bilion because I don’t believe in COVID. N500million has been disbursed, Kogi State did not receive and I refused to receive and I rejected it.
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