Lagos, one of Africa’s busiest tech hubs in Africa, is asking all tech hubs and co-working spaces in the city to pay an annual safety tax of ₦200,000 ($463) to the state government. Reports say that tax law was made 11 years ago, but it is only now being enforced.…
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Published 12 May 2021
The Chief Executive Officer, FYODOR Biotechnologies, Dr Eddy Agbo, has stressed the need for the fight against malaria to be given the same level of intervention given to coronavirus in order to avert avoidable deaths in Nigeria.
Agbo stated this while delivering a keynote address during a colliquium organised by the Centre for Malaria Research, Diagnosis, Training and Policy, University of Lagos with the theme, ‘Reaching the Zero Malaria Target.’
He said Nigeria was sitting on a time-bomb if it continued to neglect malaria, which he described as an underreported case in the country, saying other countries had leveraged on technology and increased investment in combatting malaria