Nigerians are embarrassed that a federal government official has to beg Tesla, a foreign technology giant for ventilators.
The official of the Ministry of Finance and Budget took to the official handle of the ministry to plead with industrial engineer, Elon Musk to send the equipments to our treatment centres.
Musk had tweeted on his verified handle that:
“We have extra FDA-approved ventilators. Will ship to hospitals worldwide within Tesla delivery regions. Device & shipping cost are free. Only requirement is that the vents are needed immediately for patients, not stored in a warehouse. Please me or @Tesla know.”
The official of the Finance Ministry then went to ask on behalf of Nigerians that “Nigeria needs support with 100-150 ventilators…”
Sadly many Nigerians feel embarrassed and did not take his plea lightly as they consider it demeaning moreso considering the huge sums of money already donated by the country’s billionaires and corporate organisations.
@Man_Wey_Saby asks:
After all this donations, The ministry of finance still insisted on embarrassing Nigerians by begging openly ahh! Well, I guess we can’t shame the shameless anymore.
He listed all the officially acknowledged donations:
Wey Sabi was just one of the many Nigerians embarrassed by the move of the ministry.
Femi Fani Kayode, on his part lamented he feels ashamed to hear that “our government publicly begged @elonmusk for help… A country of over 200 million people begging a man like that for handout…
