Minna
Governor Abubarkar Sani Bello of Niger state has tested negative for COVID-19 after spending some days on self isolation for been in contact with some people suspected to have been infected by the Corona Virus disease.
Duaglobalnews recalls Bello had gone into self isolation and directed all his aides and cabinet members to do same.
He said he chose to be self-isolation as he might have come in contact with some COVID 19 confirmed cases during some official engagements, including the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) meeting.
Mrs. Mary Noel Berje, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor who announced the cheering news in a statement in Minna, however,said despite testing negative, “Governor Bello would remain in self-isolation to play safe.”
“The Governor has demonstrated exemplary leadership qualities by subjecting himself to be tested and self isolate himself for some days,” Mary said.
According to her, while in self isolation, the Governor will continue to discharge his official duties from home.
Meanwhile, days after the state government announced a ban on inter and intra-state movements of goods and persons in the state, transporters and travelers have continued to defy the order as social as if it is business as usual on some routes.
The state government said it imposed the ban on such movement to guard against importation of the deadly to the state.
Our Correspondent, who went round to confirm the rumour that the state government’s order has been violated reports that, in most popular Motor parks within Minna metropolis,it was business as usual.
However, adherents of the two predominant religions in the state: Christianity and Islam, appreciately complied with the order banning worshipvas they stayed away from churches and mosques on Sunday and Friday respectively.
Many of the adherents remained indoors or prayed in clusters of not more than 20 persons in some designated places.
Though no case of COVID 19 has been reported in the state since the outbreak of the disease in Wuhan China, in December 2019, the state government has taken a number of measures including, closing down all schools.
Others are the ban on crowded worships in mosques and churches and as well enlightenment of the people on how to prevent the spread of the virus.
