Boss Mustapha Tests Negative To COVID-19

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Boss Mustapha, has tested negative for coronavirus.

This was revealed by the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, during a media briefing on Thursday.

The SGF, who heads the Presidential Task Force for the Control of COVID–19, is one the people who had contact with Abba Kyari, President Muhammadu Buhari’s chief of staff, who recently tested positive for the disease.

Boss Mustapha

Ehanire said “I’ve also been empowered by the SGF to reveal his own test result which is that it is negative.”

The minister noted that he publicly announced Mustapha’s result because the SGF directed him to do so. 

Ehanire said authorities will continue to adhere to the policy of not naming test subjects in public, regardless of if they test positive or negative.

According to him, “Any person who does a test will have to reveal by himself, I cannot reveal it,”

The minister also said Nigeria will continue to limit its testing capabilities to testing kits that are approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

After, to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Nigeria has only conducted 178 coronavirus lab tests, almost one month of screenings.

The low rate of testing has raised concerns about what could be the true spread of the disease around the country.

According to Ehanire, the result released are reliable and meet all the criteria for protecting all Nigerians.