Finally, President Muhammadu Buhari will broadcast to the nation today by 7pm. It is expected that the President will dwell on the COVID-19 pandemic in his address.
President Buhari has come under intense criticism for “disappearing” in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
The social media had been awash with rumours about his health, some claiming he had tested positive for the virus and had been flown abroad.
The broadcast, according to his Media aide, Femi Adeshina, will be on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN).
He asked all television, radio and other electronic media outlets to hook up to the networks.
Meanwhile, two prominent Nigerians, Mr. Mohammed Babandede, Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) andthe Chief Medical Director of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State, Prof. Jesse Otegbayo, have tested positive for coronavirus.
Babandede who disclosed his COVID-19 status on Sunday, said he has been in self-isolation since he returned from the United Kingdom on March 22.
In a statement on Sunday, Prof. Otegbayo said he took the test on Friday after one of the hospital’s board members tested positive for the disease.
The CMD said samples of those on the board were taken for the test and his own result came out positive.
