DG, Governors’ Forum, wife test negative to Coronavirus

By : NAN

Date: 29 March 2020 11:30am WAT

Workers assemble beds imported for a new installation and treatment centre established by the Lagos State government in collaboration with the Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) to treat victims of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic at the main bowl of the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, formerly known as the Onikan Stadium in Lagos, on March 27, 2020. - Nigeria has so far confirmed just 65 cases in the country of around 200 million people.†Lagos state government had announced a seven-day partial shutdown of the city to force residents to remain indoors, close shops to cotain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. In addition, authorities have closed airports and borders and shut schools across the nation as part of a series of measures aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)

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The Director-General of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Mr Asishana Okauru, and his wife, Ifueko, have tested negative to the dreaded Corona Virus (COVID-19).

Okauru stated this in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja, following the tests conducted at the Nigeria Centre for Decease Control (NCDC), a few days ago.

He called on the public to pray for those who tested positive and to wish them a full recovery.
Okauru said that the NGF would continue to encourage the public to observe all the NCDC rules of handwashing, social distancing and self-isolation in instances of exposure.

He said that the NGF was working to address all issues relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, including working with the NCDC and Presidential Committee, to get testing readily available.

Okauru said the forum would also work with the centre and the committee in ensuring timely and appropriate treatment of established cases.

At will also strive to reduce the inconvenience and losses arising from the necessary lockdown and restrictions of movement, he added.

The DG thanked those who either called him or his wife to express their goodwill, hopes and prayers for the entire family and called on everyone to act in the good interest of selves and the nation, in a bid to contain the spread of COVID-19.