evidence: The government allocated KD 500 million ($1.6 billion or 1.5 percent of GDP) additional funds to support efforts in fighting the spread of COVID-19. It has formed a committee to implement stimulus measures to ease the negative impact of COVID-19 on economic activity. In particular, the authorities implemented the following measures: [...] The Federal Government adopted a revised budget for 2020 in response to the COVID-19 shock. A N500 billion (0.3 percent of GDP) COVID-19 intervention fund is included in the revised budget to channel resources to additional health-related current and capital spending (tests, supplies and facilities) and public works programs to support the incomes of the vulnerable, including N7.5 billion to Nigeria's Center for Disease Control and grant of N10 billion to Lagos State. The coverage of the conditional cash transfer program has been broadened and an allocation of N150 billion to support state and local governments' spending needs has been made available through the budget. Import duty waivers for pharmaceutical firms were introduced. Regulated fuel prices have been reduced, and an automatic fuel price formula introduced to ensure fuel subsidies are eliminated. Electricity tariff was increased. The social register was increased by 1 million households to 3.6 million to help cushion the effect of the lockdown. A broader economic stimulus plan that includes the N500 billion COVID-19 intervention fund (of which 288 billion has been released so far) was introduced to support the real sector.