The Nasarawa State Government says its response team is tracking 74 contacts of the House of Assembly member who died due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Governor Abdullahi Sule made the disclosure while speaking at the beginning of an extended security meeting on Tuesday in Lafia, the state capital.
Mr Sule explained that the 74 contacts being tracked were those who had contact with the deceased in Nasarawa Local Government Area alone. He added that the government was receiving serious collaboration from stakeholders in Nasarawa local councils as well as the Emir of Nasarawa, Jibrin Usman, in tracking the contacts.
“Samples from all the identified contacts including the Speaker and members of the assembly had already been taken and we are awaiting their results,” the governor said.Mr Sule also said the House of Assembly Complex had been fumigated to disinfect it before being put to use.
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