Sunday Dare
According to Punch Metro, the Federal Government says four stadia in
the country will be used as isolation centres in the fight against
coronavirus pandemic.
It also said all National Youth Service Corps orientation camps in the country would as well be used as isolation centres.
Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, made this known on Friday via Twitter.
He wrote, “Mr. President has approved for the Ministry of Youth and
Sports to open and make available the stadiums in Surulere Lagos,
Ibadan, Abuja, and Kaduna, as well as our NYSC camps nationwide for use
as isolation centers as they are needed. We are in touch with relevant
authorities.”
As of 12:00 pm on Friday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said
there are 65 cases of coronavirus in the country aside from a number of
suspected cases.
The Federal Government had on March 18 ordered the immediate closure of
NYSC orientation camps nationwide over coronavirus fears.
But Dare, on Friday, said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari
(retd.), approved the re-opening of the camps as COVID-19 isolation
centres.
See tweet;
