Coronavirus: FG Apologises To Nigerians For Begging Elon Musk For Ventilators

The federal government has apologized to Nigerians for asking Tesla Chief Executive Officer, Elon Musk, to give the country 100 to 500 ventilators for Coronavirus patients.

The Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning said on Thursday that the post was not authorized, after it had been criticized for the action.

The Ministry however deleted the tweet from its verified twitter handle.

“An unauthorised post was made on the verified Twitter handle of the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning. The fact of the post is regrettable because of which it is brought down.

“We have made sure our internal processes are strengthened that such doesn’t happen again. The error is highly regrettable,” Special Adviser, Media and Communications to the minister, Yunusa Abdullahi, said in a statement.

Meanwhile, Personal Assistant to the President on New Media, Bashir Ahmed, made a similar appeal despite the criticism.

‘Hello Elon, I woke up to this your tweet all over the TL, in this period of worldwide emergency getting ventilators is pretty hard no matter how much money you get, and that’s understandable! Nigeria, my dear country is in need. Kindly send 100s here, we really need them, thanks!” He said.

Hello Elon, I woke up to this your tweet all over the TL, in this period of worldwide emergency getting ventilators is pretty hard no matter how much money you get, and that’s understandable! Nigeria, my dear country is in need. Kindly send 100s here, we really need them, thanks! https://t.co/aYhiNYTUjX

— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) April 2, 2020