The Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Lai Mohammed has said that the Federal Government is yet to receive the promised ventilators from the United States of America (USA).
The minister said this at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Coronavirus (COVID-19) daily news conference on Thursday in Abuja.
He was reacting against the backdrop of information being peddled over the 1,000 ventilators promised by the U.S President Donald Trump to Nigeria.
“To the best of my knowledge the ventilators promised by the U.S. President have not arrived Nigeria,” the minister said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that both President Muhammadu Buhari and Trump had a phone conversation a few days ago at the request of Trump who promised to provide ventilators for Nigeria to fight COVID-19 pandemic.
The minister however said that they were yet to arrive the country.
