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COVID-19: Gov. Ortom absolves Benue govt. of shielding son of influential indigene

Godwin Akor, Makurdi

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has allayed fears of Coronavirus in the state.

The governor, therefore, dismissed the claim that the son of a prominent person in Benue (name withheld) had visited Malaysia and was not isolated for two weeks as directed by the Federal Government Committee on COVID-19.

Governor Ortom made the clarification, on Wednesday, against the backdrop that the young man was not screened or isolated because his father occupies important position in the state government. The governor said the claim was a ‘blatant lie’ peddled by detractors on social media.

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He said the son of the prominent citizen had been in the United States studying and that he, the student, had not visited Benue in the past three years.

The governor said his administration has been updating the people on Coronavirus, adding that personal hygiene and the use of hand sanitisers and other precautionary measures have been translated into various languages and dialects for easy understanding by the people.

During an interactive session with the people on the state radio earlier on Wednesday, Governor Ortom said the people should take the Coronavirus pandemic as a serious matter, urging them not to allow themselves to be deceived by the claim that cure for the disease has been found.

Meanwhile, Governor Ortom has  inspected facilities at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital and Federal Medical Centre, Apir.

The equipment inspected included ventilators, monitors and beds with the initial capacity of admitting 100 patients (suspected COVID-19 cases) in the two hospitals.

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