Eighteen members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) newly posted to Niger State have tested positive for coronavirus.
The state Commissioner for Information, Mohammed Idris Sani, disclosed this on Wednesday at the Government House Minna.
He said the corp members were tested after screenings that were conducted on them at the entrance of the NYSC camp.
Sani said Governor Abubakar Sani Bello, has directed that nobody should be allowed access to all government offices without wearing a facemask as from today the Wednesday.
He said the state government would resuscitate the task force on Covid-19 to embark on massive sensitisation to ensure that all Covid-19 protocols are observed.
He enjoined all heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA’s) to ensure compliance to the directive and provide hand washing
