Kogi Speaks On ‘Collapsed N7bn COVID-19’ Centre

By Ayodele Oluwafemi

The Kogi State Government has denied social media reports that it spent over N7 billion naira to construct a COVID-19 isolation centre which collapsed last Tuesday under the elements.

The alleged isolation center was located at the back of the mortuary of the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja.

Pictures of the damaged facility trended on social media with the narrative that Governor Yahaya Bello spent over N7billion on the facility.

Reacting to the insinuations, in a statement, on Saturday, the state commissioner for information and communication, Kingsley Fanwo said the facility in question was built for Lassa Fever not COVID-19. He also said the facility did not cost N7 billion as reported saying the state could not have afforded that expenditure.

Part of the statement reads, “The attention of the Kogi State Government has been drawn to misinformation doing the round that government allegedly spent 7 billion naira to put in place an Isolation Center at the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja that was damaged by storm a few days ago.

“The desperate rumor and falsehood peddlers even went further to attribute the statement to the Executive Governor of the State.

“The Isolation Centre at the Federal Medical Center was built for Lassa Fever for the institution by the State Government. The Federal Medical Center approached the State Government to help them put in place an Isolation Centre where Lassa Fever patients could be kept before their transfer to Management Centres.

“It was never meant for COVID-19 and it is unfortunate that some falsehood merchants are peddling ridiculous figures around as the cost of the centre. Can the rumor peddlers produce the contract papers or even the evidence of the Governor’s statement to that effect?”

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