The federal government’s effort to support Kogi State in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic has failed, the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire.
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, at a press briefing on the outbreak of Coronavirus in NigeriaThe federal government’s effort to support Kogi State in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic has failed, the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, said on Friday.
On Thursday, a delegation comprising officials of NCDC and the Department of Hospital Services of the Federal Ministry of Health had to flee the state for fear of being quarantined by the Kogi State Government. The North-central state, surrounded by states with confirmed cases of the virus, is engrossed in battle of wits with federal officials over its claim of having no case of the virus.
Meanwhile, the Director-General of the NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu, said the assistance rendered to the state was not appreciated.
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