FG should increase test centres, says Kaigama

The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, has called on the Federal Government to increase the capacity of the Ministry of Health to test and diagnose all persons in the fight against COVID-19.

The cleric said this in his Easter Sunday homily at the Holy Trinity Church, Maitama in Abuja.

Kaigama said, “While calling on all our people to cooperate with government by embracing necessary behavioural changes, I also urge our leaders to do more to increase the health ministry’s capacity to test and diagnose all persons who are in need of such tests, but most especially the vast majority living in the periphery of our cities and also people in villages who are far removed from media attention.

“No citizen who needs medical assistance with regard to this disease should feel bypassed or neglected regardless of his standing in society. Similarly, as stringent measures are being put in place to contain the spread of the deadly disease, our leaders must remember to always give every decision and its implementation a human face.

“Our people must be patiently helped to survive the shock that comes with sudden, seemingly unfavourable adjustments. Collectively, as a nation, we must not give in to despair. We have together overcome bigger challenges in the past. This one will not be any different, provided we stand and work together against this our common enemy which does not discriminate between the poor and the rich, the low and the mighty.”