US launches COVID-19 messages of Hope intervention in Nigeria
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US Consul General, Claire Pierangelo, on Wednesday launched the COVID-19 messages of Hope intervention project in Nigeria in a bid to stop the spread of the disease.
Pierangelo launched the project in Lagos, in collaboration with Caritas Nigeria and other religious and community leaders.
She said the project presents a typical opportunity to accelerate pandemic risk control through the influence of faith-based and community leaders.
“The influence of religious and community leaders throughout the country cannot be overstated and we need this to communicate and bring an end to the pandemic in Nigeria, ” she said.
• Seeks grant for Catholic hospitals
Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN) has lamented government’s neglect of 425 hospitals and clinics offered it by Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) for use as isolation centres in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.
At an event to commemorate 2021 World Day of the Sick in Abuja, CSN’s Director (Church and Society), Rev. Fr. Uchechukwu Obodoechina, said government never recognised the great sacrifice made by the church and never showed any gratitude in that regard.
“During the intense period of COVID-19, the church in Nigeria, through the bishops’ conference, donated to the government of this country 425 health facilities for use to reach the grassroots. The government, in its ineptitude, never appreciated this great sacrifice made by the church, never used one, yet the church continued in her little way to show solace and assistance to the poor at her disposal in the rural areas and wherever they find themselves,” Obodoec
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Catholic Church laments FG’s failure to use 425 hospitals offered for treatment of COVID-19 patients
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By Luminous Jannamike
The Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, CSN, yesterday lamented the failure of the Federal Government to utilize the 425 hospitals and clinics offered by the Church’s Conference of Bishops for use as isolation centres in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic last year.
Recall that the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 had, on May 11 2020, encouraged the 36 governors to approach the Catholic Bishops in their domains to access the facilities, warning that some of them may find it impossible to cope with the number of coronavirus cases that would be recorded in their states.