NIGER GOVERNMENT CONFIRMS 10 POSITIVE CASES OF COVID-19 OUT OF 235 CASES INVESTIGATED

Governor Abubakar Sani of Niger State has revealed that so far ten (10) persons have been confirmed positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) out of 202 samples collected and tested.

Governor Sani Bello said this at a briefing with newsmen after a meeting with the committee of the COVID-19 Task Force in the State at the Government House, Minna.

Meanwhile, Niger State has lost a Professor of Veterinary medicine., Professor Bello Agaie of the USMANU Danfodiyo University to COVID-19.

Governor SANI Bello who announced this sympathized with the family, Usmanu Danfodiyo University and friends of Prof Bello Muhammadu Agaie who died as a result of contracting COVID-19 in Sokoto.

He prayed that Almighty Allah forgive his shortcomings and grant him Aljannatu Firdausi.

Mary Noel-Berje
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Niger State.