Anambra To Close Niger Bridge, As Two Commissioners Test Positive

The Niger Bridge linking Delta State and Anambra State is to be closed at the Onitsha end in Anambra State between 7pm and 6am daily as part of the effort to check the spread of coronavirus, Secretary to the State government Solo Chukwulobelu, announced yesterday.

He said enforcement and security teams were being deployed to handle the situation. But the curfew in other parts of Anambra State remains 10pm to 4am.

The government, therefore, called on all those who move about to take note, especially in Anambra State.

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However, At least two members of the Ebonyi State Executive Council have tested positive for Covid-19, sources said on Friday in Abakaliki. The cabinet members are among the 80 confirmed cases in the state so far.

A two-month-old baby has also tested positive in Delta State while in neighbouring Anambra, the state government decided to restrict traffic flow on the Niger Bridge between 7pm and 6 am daily.

Following the health status of the commissioners, Governor David Umahi on Thursday directed all other members of the executive council to go for test as they may have had contact with those who tested positive.

The names of the affected officials were not disclosed. Information Commissioner Uchenna Orji merely said: “All EXCO members and government officials, especially of the Ministries of Finance and Budget, are advised to undergo COVID-19 test” within one week.

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Sources said Finance and Budget Commissioner Ogbonnaya Chukwu and the Principal Secretary to the Governor, Clement Nweke were ill but the nature of their illness could not be immediately confirmed.

Orji himself said he had done his own test and had proceeded on self isolation while awaiting the result of the test.