The Minister of Info and Tradition, Lai Mohammed has mentioned he would not have coronavirus.
He denied media experiences claiming he has contracted the COVID-19 virus and is now in isolation the place he's receiving remedy.
There have been speculations that Mr. Mohammed may need contracted the virus after Garba Shehu confirmed he had examined constructive for the virus.
Nevertheless, in a press release launched by his Particular Assistant to the President (Media) Workplace of the Minister of Info and Tradition, Segun Adeyemi, the minister pressured that he doesn't have COVID-19 and is neither in isolation nor receiving remedy anyplace.
"The eye of Info and Tradition Minister, Alhaji Mohammed, has been drawn to a report making the rounds that he has contracted the COVID-19 virus and that he's now in isolation, the place he's receiving remedy. "For the report, the Minister doesn't have COVID-19, therefore he's neither in isolation nor receiving remedy anyplace. "That report, which was first revealed by a web-based newspaper after which latched on to by some mainstream lapdog media, as soon as once more highlights the uphill activity we face in our marketing campaign to stamp out pretend information and misinformation. The Minister was on the Federal Government Council assembly on Wednesday, a rare FEC assembly on Thursday and likewise witnessed the swearing-in of the Minister of State for Works and Housing on Friday. All these occasions befell on the Villa, the place the correspondents of many media organisations are deployed. Actually, the Minister coordinated the post-FEC press briefing on Wednesday and Thursday. Might he have finished this from the imaginary isolation centre the place he was consigned by a mischievous reporter? As a member of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, the Minister has the added duty of main by instance, therefore wouldn't have hesitated to publicly announce his COVID-19 standing if certainly he has contracted the virus. In any case, he isn't solely absolutely vaccinated, he has additionally taken the booster shot, a state of affairs that gives him completely different layers of safety even when he contracts the virus. For many who contract the virus, they deserve our empathy and prayers, not stigmatization."
