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JUST IN: Speaker, Clerk Niger State Assembly test positive for COVID-19

By Uchechi Ojo December 20, 2020278 views

Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Abdullahi Bawa, and the clerk of the House, Abdullahi Kagara have tested positive for Coronavirus.

Both the Speaker and Clerk have since gone into self-isolation.

The Commissioner of Information in the State, Muhammed Idris, confirmed to newsmen on Sunday, December 20, 2020.

According to him the results of the COVID-19 test of the Speaker and the Clerk came in on Sunday, and they both turned out positive.

A member representing Bida 2 Constituency, Haruna Baba speaking with Channels Television said the member representing Gurara Local Government and Chairperson of the House Committee on Gender Affairs, Binta Mamman had earlier tested positive for the virus two weeks ago.

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