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FG regrets begging Elon Musk for ventilators; deletes tweet shared by the official Twitter account of the Ministry of Finance

The Federal Government has withdrawn the Twitter plea made by the
Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning demanding ventilators
from billionaire Elon Musk to help treat Coronavirus patients in
Nigeria.

FG regrets begging Elon Musk for ventilators; deletes tweet shared by the official Twitter account of the Ministry of Finance

Musk, the co-founder and CEO of Tesla tweeted on Thursday: “We have
extra FDA-approved ventilators. We will ship to hospitals worldwide
within Tesla delivery regions. Only requirement is that the vents are
needed immediately for patients and not stored in a warehouse. Please me
or @Tesla know.”

The Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning responded to
the tweet, writing: “Dear @elonmusk @Tesla Federal Government of Nigeria
needs support with 100-500 ventilators to assist with #Covid19 cases
arising every day in Nigeria.” (read here).

FG regrets begging Elon Musk for ventilators; deletes tweet shared by the official Twitter account of the Ministry of Finance

Bashir Ahmad, President Buhari’s Personal Assistant on New Media,
also begged Elon Musk to send ventilators to Nigeria, writing: “Hello
Elon, I woke up to this your tweet all over the timeline, 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!” (read here).

The public plea resulted in immediate backlash from Nigerians and the
tweet shared by the Ministry of Finance has now been deleted.

The Special Adviser, Media and Communications to the minister, Yunusa
Tanko Abdullahi, said in a statement that the tweet was not done with
the permission of the minister.

He wrote: “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.”

Though the tweet shared by the Ministry of Finance has been deleted, Presidential aide Bashir Ahmad’s tweet is still up.

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