The 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 State Commissioner for Information, Muhammed Idris, who confirmed this on Sunday said the results of the COVID-19 test of the Speaker and the Clerk came in on Sunday, and they both turned out positive.
Also member representing Bida 2 Constituency, Haruna Baba confirmed to channels that 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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This he said necessitated the COVID19 test for lawmakers and staff of the Assembly last week.
He said while the results of the Speaker and the Clerk, came out positive, others are awaiting their results.
“We are yet to receive other results. But for now, many of us are in self-isolation,” Baba said.
Meanwhile, the state government in response to the second wave of COVID-19 announced the closure of schools in the state as from Monday 21, December, while all civil servants are to stay at home beginning from the same date.
