About 20 prospective corps members have tested positive for COVID-19 in Kano, a reliable source has confirmed to The Guardian. The source disclosed that the would-be corps members were detected following tests at the Kusala Dam NYSC ...
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Kano State NYSC coordinator, Hajia Aisha Tata, denied the development, insisting: “The information about COVID-19 positives in Kano NYSC is false.”But the state COVID-19 coordinator, Dr. Tijjani Hussain, confirmed the development. Although he was not specific on the number, he told journalists that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control screened prospective participants and detected positive cases.
Similarly, the management of NYSC, yesterday, insisted there are no COVID-19 positive corps members in any of its 37 orientation camps nationwide. “It is pertinent to state that there is a gulf of difference between a corps member and a prospective corps member. One becomes a corps member after admittance to the camp, registers and administered the oath of national allegiance.”
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