TRACKING____Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has slammed state governors over the way they politicize and publicize COVID-19 test results
Wike who spoke at a press briefing on Friday stated that the announcement of COVID-19 test results is simply a publicity stunt done to attract attention from Nigerians.
The governor also lamented that government companies are not complying to the lockdown order declared in the state to help curb the spread of the virus.
“We were the first state to close down borders before other states followed and started doing publicity”, he said.
“Everything is politicised in Nigeria. Governors, commissioners will go for a test and will tell the world they are positive /negative to attract publicity but nobody has gone for an HIV test to declare their status.
“Everything we publicise to attract Nigerians. Testing negative has become news now. For us in Rivers state, this thing is immaterial.
“There are states that have been singled out to be punished. In Abuja, a trailer was mobbed but if it was in Rivers State there would have been headlines that the state is not safe.
“All those politicising COVID-19, saying they tested Positive and now Negative, they should also make public their HIV Status”.
