The Federal Government has said it would re-engage Governor Yahaya Bello so he can allow officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) test Kogi State residents for COVID-19.
Holami News report yesterday may 9 that "Nigeria Centre for Disease Control delegate sent to Kogi state, Andrew Noah, who was ordered to self-isolate by the state Governor is reported to have fled the state.
Kogi State governor Yahaya Bello had ordered the head of the NCDC delegation to proceed on isolation for shaking hands with the Director of Protocol, Sunday Ayenibe after taking a microphone from him."
The NCDC officials led by Andrew Noah were sent to Kogi state on Thursday, May 7 to support the state in contain any possible case of Coronavirus.
Kogi and Cross River State so far has not recorded any case COVID-19 pandemic.
However, Governor Yahaya Bello’s request was shunned by the NCDC officials and they returned to Abuja.
Osagie Ehanire said: “We tried to send a team of the Ministry of Health and the NCDC into Kogi yesterday but there were some differences there to processes.
“This will mean that we need to re-engage the state governor again and work with him and his team to create the conditions to which the Ministry of Health and the NCDC can complete their job.
“The agreement we had with them after discussions with the Governors (Kogi and Cross River) is that we should send a delegation to the states just to validate the facts.
“Of course, we need that for our national records and to be able to report to the world what the situation is in our country because by now the whole world knows that we do not have any record from these two states.”
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