… insists Kogi is Coronavirus free
The Kogi State Government has told Nigerians to ignore the report by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control that the state has recorded two index cases, describing the claim as a fallacy.
The NCDC had said on Wednesday that two index cases were recorded in Kogi as at Wednesday, May 27 2020, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 8,733.
But the state government, in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Saka Audu, on Thursday, said the NCDC should leave Kogi out of its “fictitious COVID-19 claims”.
The statement said, “Kogi State till this very moment is Covid-19 free. We have developed the full testing capacity and have conducted hundreds of tests so far which have returned negative.
“We have also continued to insist that we will not be a party to any fictitious Covid-19 claims, which is why we do not recognise any Covid-19 test conducted by any Kogite outside the boundaries of the State except those initiated by us.”
According to the commissioner, any attempt to force the state to announce a case of Covid-19 will be vehemently rejected.
He said, “We continue to enjoin our people to take all necessary precautions to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic into the State and give no listening ears to rumour peddlers and mischief-makers.
“We are more than prepared to secure the life of our people and have no interest in playing politics with their health concerns.”
