Coronavirus: Nigeria Has Only Three Isolation Centres –Reps Member

Tobi Adebayo

A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dagomie Abiante has said all hands must be on deck as Nigeria is not ready for the deadly coronavirus.

Abiante made the call during Tuesday’s plenary, where members of the House of Reps reached a unanimous decision to adjourn for two weeks while they sought measures to tackle the deadly coronavirus.

The lawmaker said: “We are now faced with our worst fears. When the motion to bring back our brothers from Wuhan, China was brought up, why did we bring it down?

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“Finally our fears have caught have up with us. There’s urgent need for all hands to be on deck. We don’t have enough information about this virus. We need to sit up, we do not have a single thermometer and we are not ready for what is coming to us,” he said.

Another lawmaker, Hon. Nasir Ali Ahmed expressed worries that Nigeria as the most populated country in Africa has only three isolation centres.