COVID-19 : SOKOTO STATE GOVERNMENT REFUTES SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO.

By ANENE AIKE,  SOKOTO

Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state has described as fake, false and malicious a 30 seconds video clip being shared on social media platforms alleging that he denied the existence of the COVID-19 virus in the state.


In a Press  Release signed by the Special Assistant  to the Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu  Ballo said  the video, which is part of the speech that Governor Tambuwal made March 26, 2020, is contextually and factually misleading.

He said for the record purpose what the governor said on that day is "Alhamdulillah, Sokoto State is experiencing a relatively safe situation, having so far recorded no case of infection and the only suspected case has tested negative of the Corona Virus".


" Notwithstanding the fact that the State has not recorded any case of this disease, the State Government constituted a task force team of experts under the leadership of the State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Muhammed Ali Inname on the 19th March 2020."

The Governor's  said "this does not in anyway relate to the current situation where the state is now coping with an index case, who is still at the isolation center at Amanawa".


As a result of this, Gov. Tambuwal having refuted the video circulating now, which tries to allude falsehood to his previous remark on the state of the COVID-19 in the state, hereby, distance himself from it.

Consequently, he appeals to all good people of the state to concentrate on ridding the state of the disease and avoid rumour mongers and peddlers.
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