The Speaker of the Niger House of Assembly, Bawa Wuse and the Clerk, Mohammed Kagara, have gone into isolation after testing positive for COVID-19.
The state Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Alhaji Mohammed Idris confirmed the development to newsmen in Minna.
Also, the member representing Bida 11, at the State Assembly, Alhaji Haruna Baba, also confirmed the development.
He explained that two weeks ago, the member representing Gurara, Binta Mamman, tested positive to the virus, which made the entire legislators and staff of the assembly undergo testing for coronavirus.
“Unfortunately, the results of the speaker and that of clerk turned out positive,” he said.
He said that all the lawmakers and principal staff have gone into self-isolation.
The state government had earlier directed workers to stay at home from Monday in a bid to prevent the spread of the virus while all schools in the state have been closed since Friday.
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