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(Ilorin)
Kwara State government officials who have had contact with the late Chief of Staff Aminu Adisa Logun in the past two weeks have all proceeded on self isolation while their samples have been taken for COVID-19 test, a statement said on Wednesday.
“Cabinet members, personal staff of the late Chief of Staff, and some medical personnel who have recently had varying degrees of contacts with the late technocrat have now proceeded on self isolation,” Commissioner for Communication Henrietta Adenike Afolabi-Oshatimehin said in the statement in Ilorin.
She added the state government had also suspended physical meeting of any kind on official matters until further notice and, directed increased use of virtual platforms for such engagements, to limit physical contacts and emulate Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.
“It is important to note that, His Excellency,Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq last had any physical contact with the late Chief of Staff on April 6 during the launch of the conditional cash transfer for the elderly. The Governor’s subsequent meetings with the late CoS had all been virtual.
“Similarly, the State Executive Council meetings and most official engagements have consistently been held through virtual platforms in line with the COVID-19 protocols,”
“Flowing from this, government officials are again urged to avoid physical meetings at all cost as well as keep to safety measures,”the commissioner said.
A statement from the government indicated that the late Chief of Staff would be committed to mother earth on Wednesday.
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