The National Assembly will have to have a test collection center/samples for the coronavirus within next week, if all facets of making plans go well, as The Nation has learned.
The objective of this task is a grey bungalow in the White House that once housed Malima and other restaurants.
The chairman of the House committee on Covid-19 allegedly proposed the concept of a means of detection in the National Assembly to the Director-General of the National Centers for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, who considers it an intelligent concept, said.a fountain.
The source in the House of Representatives, who aspired to anonymity, said: “The chairman of the ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives on Covid-19, Rep. Haruna Mshelia, has introduced the procedure for creating a collection of COVID -19 patterns at the National Assembly.
“The initiative was welcomed through the Director-General of the Nigerian Center for Disease Control, NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu.”
Ihekweazu also said that the progression is a step in the right direction as steps were taken to particularly increase the number of control centers across the country, while the covid 19 pandemic shows little sign of slowing down.
Just a few weeks ago, NCDC’s CEO called for more evidence as the ultimate effective strategy for the epidemic, even though he said the country would increase its testing capacity.
According to Ihekweazu, the evidence is based on the national response, adding: “We will continue to increase capacity.”
The source stated that this was a recently discussed challenge when the ad hoc committee on COVID-19 visited the NCDC on a follow-up visit.
The Nation has learned that the Secretary of the National Assembly, Mr Olatunde Ojo, as well as the chair of the relevant committees of any of the chambers of parliament are trained.
The bureaucracy of the national meeting has known and designated the Grey Bungalow of the White House as a suitable place in the complex.Construction is next to the rear parking lot.
When our hounds contacted the spokesman of the National Assembly, Mr Rawlings Agada, on this subject, he said that he could not verify why he was intermittently for some time, they would not move him to have a check in the middle in the National Assembly.
His words: “I can’t verify it with authority now. I went and left for this Covid and I don’t have that data on hand to verify.This is not because of the giant population that comes here and also because cameras are not an essential component of society since they serve as everyday jobs and cannot stay away from the complex.
“I can’t check now. I don’t see anything with having a verification center in the National Assembly anyway, however, as soon as I get the verification, I’ll let you know,” he said.
However, appeals to the Speaker of the House representatives, Benjamin Kalu, did not go through because his phone line was cut.