Not All 15 Chinese Visitors Are Medics, NigeriaGov Not Aware Of Their Whereabouts — Fmohnigeria Minister | Sahara Reporters On April 8, 2020, a Chinese medical team arrived the country with medical supplies to provide advice to the Nigerian... READ MORE:
Dr Osagie Ehanire, Nigeria's Minister of Health, has said he was unaware of the location of 15 Chinese nationals, who recently came into the country to"help in the fight against COVID-19".
Ehanire while speaking during the daily COVID-19 Presidential Task Force briefing on Thursday however, revealed that not all of the visitors earlier announced as medics have something to do with the medical profession. He added that the 15 Chinese were not guests of the Nigerian Government but of the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation.
He said, “I think not all of them were doctors and I heard that some of them are technicians, but they are staff of CCECC.
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