Nigerians Reacts As Finance Ministry Begs Elon Musk For Free Ventilators

In response to Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, who announced through a tweet that his company had free ventilators for hospitals within Tesla delivery regions, the Nigeria Mjnistry of Finance has asked for free ventilation publicly.

Musk has written “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,”

Responding to the tweet, the finance ministry wrote: “Dear @elonmusk @Tesla Federal Government of Nigeria needs support with 100-500 ventilators to assist with #Covid19 cases arising every day in Nigeria”.

See the tweet below:

Meanwhile, Nigerians have taken to Twitter to react to the development.

https://twitter.com/Fatod09/status/1245510495194488834

https://twitter.com/tony_divine81/status/1245639530209669120

https://twitter.com/AbolajiAdeoye/status/1245601039220236289