Following the killing of a member of the Nasarawa
State House of Assembly, Hon. Adamu Suleiman, by COVID-19, the state Governor,
Abdullahi Sule, has ordered the shutdown of the Assembly complex.
Suleiman was until his death last Thursday,
represented Nasarawa Central state constituency.
The governor gave the shutdown order at the
Presidential Lodge in Lafia during a press briefing, even as he directed all
the state lawmakers to go into quarantine while they await results of their
status.
Sule also disclosed that the state has recorded
nine confirmed cases of the pandemic with one death, adding that 11 of the persons,
who had had contact with the index case, have all tested negative.
Similarly, the governor also evacuated about 788
Almajiris back to their home states in order to contain the spread of COVID-19
across the state.
Consequently, he was at the Government Science
School, Lafia, where he bided the Almajiris a farewell as they were embarking
on their journey by bus.
Speaking during the farewell visit, the governor
said provision has been provided for the feeding of the Almajiris during their
journey to their home states.
Giving a breakdown of the 788 Almajiris evacuated,
the state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Halima
Jabiru, said the Almajiris would be returned to Plateau, Gombe, Kaduna, Taraba
and Jigawa States.
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