… Challenges Bello to show evidence that Kogi is free of coronavirus
*We stand by our results, announcement thereof — NCDC boss
The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, on Thursday, urged the Federal Government to call Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State to order over his claims that there were no cases of COVID-19 in the state.
The Association also challenged Kogi State Government to show Nigerians evidence that the state was actually free from COVID-19, rather than downgrading the results released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, which listed the state among those with confirmed cases.
It could be Recalled that Kogi State government had earlier reacted to the publication by NCDC, that two positive cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the state on May 27.
A statement by the state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Saka Audu, described it as a “fallacy,” insisting that Kogi was free from COVID-19.
The statement reads in part; “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.
“Any attempt to force us to announce a case of COVID-19 will be vehemently rejected.”
Tests in Kogi
It could be recalled that one of the national daily (Vanguard Newspaper) had, on Wednesday, reported the alarm raised by medical doctors in the state over lack of laboratory tests for COVID-19 in the state.
