Kogi State, which was the only state without a case of COVID-19 in Nigeria has finally joined the train with two Index cases of the deadly virus, as reported by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, on wednesday the 27th May,2020 Kogi State COVID-19 was confirmed.The lack of COVID-19 case in Kogi State, has been highly controversial in the country, as the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bella once stated that the state has been under pressure by the Federal Government.
Governor Bello, was alleged to have attempted to quarantine The Presidential COVID-19 Task force for fourteen days, when they went to Kogi State to find out why there is no case of the Corona Virus in the state.
Despite the certainty, the Kogi State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Saka Haruna disclosed that the state was under intense pressure to say otherwise by declaring that it had COVID-19 cases and vowed that it would not succumb to such pressure. The commissioner alleged that the aim of those involved was to politicise the situation and discredit the high rating of the state on its health achievements as attested to by local and international observers. The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello added that the state should not be destabilized with much panic and fears about the COVID-19 as if the world was coming to an end, saying that focus should now be on the myriads of problems plaguing the country.
According to Governor Yahaya Bello, Nigeria had lost fewer people to COVID-19 than to other serious national challenges such as Boko Haram terrorists,cattle rustlers,hunger,road accidents,kidnappers, malaria, and child mortality, among others.
As at Wednesday Night,Nigeria has a total of 8733 Confirmed Cases,2501 discharged,and 254 deaths.
And the breakdown of the cases across each state with the reported cases in the country are as follows;
Lagos(256),Katsina(23), Edo(22), Rivers(14), Kano(13), Adamawa(11), Akwa Ibom(11), Kaduna(7), Kwara(6), Nasarawa(6), Gombe(2), Plateau(2), Abia(2), Delta(2), Benue(2), Niger(2), Kogi(2), Oyo(2), Imo(1), Borno(1), Ogun(1), Anambra(1).
By Dung Donald Malou