The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, has released a statement admitting that the public health body, has not spent N1 billion to educate Nigerians about coronavirus through text messages.
The NCDC said most of its communication strategies have been supported largely by telecoms service providers. The NCDC stated in a tweet that, the headline claiming that NCDC has spent N1 billion on SMS to Nigerians is FALSE.
See the tweet below: