Gov Ortom, Dep, commissioner test for COVID-19 in Benue

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, deputy, Engineer Benson Abounu and the State Commissioner for Finance, David Olofu, on Thursday, voluntarily submitted themselves for Coronavirus test.

This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Terver Akase which was made available to Journalists in Makurdi.

According to the statement, Akase said that his principal willingly decided to go for the test that, saying it was the right thing to do by everyone, not only when they notice symptoms of the disease.

Akase said in the statement that the governor had encouraged people of the state to present themselves for the COVID-19 test, stressing that doing so, would help to contain the spread of the disease, stressing that there is nothing shameful about knowing one’s Coronavirus status.

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He said that the governor urged the people to cooperate with the COVID-19 Action Committee at the state and local government levels while observing the preventive measures against the pandemic.

It would be recalled that Governor Ortom had advised his deputy, Benson Abounu, who recently represented him at the Natural Economic Council and Governor’s forum meeting in Abuja to go and get tested for novel coronavirus.

Benue state as at early Thursday morning has a record of one case of COVID -19.