The Federal Government says it has paid N20 billion as COVID-19 allowance to health workers in the country.

This was made known by the Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora who spoke on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday.

“We’ve been able to disburse close to N20 billion and I repeat, close to 20 billion. So, to now say nothing has been done, that is not true,” he said.

“We were able to pay April, May, full…, June, part of it has been paid but not fully paid and it’s because of the economic situation and these funds have to be sourced for one way or the other,” he added.