Presidential Task Force on COVID -19: Mid-Term Report July 2020 Final Version Prepared by the PTF Secretariat and PriceWaterhouseCoopers Presidential Task Force on COVID - 19 Contents FORWARD ................................................................................................................................................................... 4 GLOSSARY - LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................................... 6 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................. 10 1.1. Purpose of the report .................................................................................................................................. 10 1.2. PTF Mid-Term Review Retreat ................................................................................................................... 10 1.3. Highlights of PTF’s Achievements .............................................................................................................. 12 1.3.1 Coordination and Policy Formulation ........................................................................................... 12 1.3.2 Infrastructure and Services ............................................................................................................ 13 1.3.3 Partnerships and Resource Mobilization ...................................................................................... 13 1.3.4 Capacity building ............................................................................................................................. 13 1.3.5 Risk Communication and Community Engagement: .................................................................. 13 1.3.6 Humanitarian and Social Interventions ......................................................................................... 13 1.4. Challenges .................................................................................................................................................. 14 1.5. Missed Opportunities .................................................................................................................................. 14 1.6. Next Steps/Roadmap .................................................................................................................................. 15 2. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................... 18 2.1. Background ................................................................................................................................................. 18 2.2. Birth of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) ................................................................................................. 19 2.2.1 Overview of Pillars/Functional Working Groups, Partners/Donors and MDAs ........................ 19 3. ACHIEVEMENTS .............................................................................................................................................. 29 3.1. PTF Achievements ...................................................................................................................................... 29 3.1.1 Coordination and Policy Formulation ........................................................................................... 29 3.1.2 Infrastructure and Services ............................................................................................................ 29 3.1.3 Partnerships and Resource Mobilization ...................................................................................... 31 3.1.4 Capacity Building ............................................................................................................................ 32 3.1.5 Risk Communication and Community Engagement: .................................................................. 33 Mid-Term Report 2 Presidential Task Force on COVID - 19 3.1.6 Humanitarian and Social Interventions ......................................................................................... 36 4. CHALLENGES AND MISSED OPPORTUNITIES ............................................................................................ 40 4.1. Key Challenges ........................................................................................................................................... 40 4.1.1 Delay in the supply of Personal Protective Equipment ............................................................... 40 4.1.2 Inadequate Healthcare Infrastructure ........................................................................................... 40 4.1.3 Challenges with Data Management ............................................................................................... 40 4.1.4 Disrupted supply chains ................................................................................................................. 41 4.1.5 Increased citizen apathy ................................................................................................................. 41 4.1.6 Increased cost of procurement due to naira devaluation: .......................................................... 41 4.2. Missed Opportunities .................................................................................................................................. 42 4.2.1 Late involvement of the Federal Ministry of Education: ............................................................. 42 4.2.2 Limited focus on economic recovery: .......................................................................................... 42 4.2.3 Delayed closure of local and international borders .................................................................... 43 4.2.4 Poor tracking and monitoring of travellers before airspace closure ......................................... 43 5. Next Steps/ Roadmap ....................................................................................................................................... 44 6. APPENDIX ........................................................................................................................................................ 62 6.1. Pillar Reports and Score Cards .................................................................................................................. 62 6.2. Partner/Donor Reports ................................................................................................................................ 95 6.3. Additional MDA Reports ......................................................................................................................... 1322 Mid-Term Report 3 Presidential Task Force on COVID - 19 FORWARD On March 17, 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari established the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 (PTF) to coordinate and oversee Nigeria’s multi-sectoral inter-governmental efforts to contain the spread and mitigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. With a PTF mandate spanning a 6-month period, it was necessary to conduct a Mid-Term Review (MTR) to assess the task force’s achievements, challenges, and missed opportunities as well as to chart a way forward for the remaining months of the PTF’s directive. This document captures the details of the MTR and clear next steps, for the PTF, over the next few months. The Mid-Term Review Meeting, which held on 9th and 10th July, 2020, presented the opportunity for the PTF and key stakeholders to review the progress of the national response as at June 30, 2020 and to glean from the expertise of participants to improve the performance and effectiveness of the task force beyond the MTR. This was a necessary step to chart the way forward, strengthen the PTF’s COVID-19 response going forward, and improve the National COVID-19 Pandemic Multi-Sectoral Response Plan. The PTF conducted a review through two main steps: 1. MDAs and Pillar reports: Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) and pillars each submitted a report on what they have achieved, challenges faced and plans for the next 3- 6 months; and 2. Donor and partner reports: Several donors shared what they have supported, challenges faced and how they will continue to support the fight against COVID-19. Critical as a follow up to the MTR is a detailed and revised action plan for each pillar, which will serve as the foundation of the PTF’s road map over the next 2-3 months. The plan will ensure that the coordination within and across pillars are optimized and that investments made by the government, donors, partners, and other stakeholders to contain COVID-19 are properly tracked and accounted for. As the PTF, it is our goal to ensure that a system is in place for Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) to work in tandem with our donors and partners for a unified and comprehensive response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. I sincerely appreciate the chairmen of the relevant committees on health in the Senate and House of Representatives, ministers, representatives from the Office of the Vice President, the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, the diplomatic community, and development partners who participated in the review, for their commitment to the success of the MTR, which has provided technical, financial, and other forms of support to the PTF Secretariat and to the entire PTF implementation process. Let me commend Members of the PTF for their immense support thus far