By Joel Adedeji, Ilorin
Cabinet members and personal staff of the Chief of Staff to the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Adisa Logun who died yesterday evening have been asked to go on isolation.
They were said to have had contacts with the late Chief of Staff who was confirmed to have died of COVID-19.
The affected cabinet members and staff were believed to have contacts with the deceased within the past two weeks and as at press time yesterday had all proceeded on self isolation while their samples were taken for COVID-19 test.
A statement by the Commissioner for Communications, Adenike Afolabi-Oshatimehin said: “cabinet members, personal staff of the late Chief of Staff, and some medical personnel who have recently had varying degrees of contacts with the late technocrat have now proceeded on self isolation”
The statement said the government has also suspended physical meetings of any kind on official matters until further notice, directing increased use of virtual platforms for such engagements in order to limit physical contacts and emulate Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.
“It is important to note that His Excellency the Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq last had any physical contact with the late Chief of Staff on April 6 during the launch of the conditional cash transfer for the elderly.
“The Governor’s subsequent meetings with the late CoS had all been virtual. Similarly, the State Executive Council meetings and most official engagements have consistently been held through virtual platforms in line with the COVID-19 protocols,” the commissioner said.
She added; “Flowing from this, government officials are again urged to avoid physical meetings at all cost as well as keep to safety measures.”
Late Adisa Logun died after a brief illness which reportedly turned serious and shortly after the test carried out on him showed that he was COVID-19 positive.