Abia: Ikpeazu Resumes Official Activities After Defeating COVID-19

The Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has resumed official activities after about 43 days of being away from the state due to his infection with coronavirus (COVID-19). 

Ikpeazu, who recovered from the virus on July 4, met with his deputy, Ude Oko Chukwu, who had been acting as governor in his absence, and his chief of staff, ACB Agbazuere, at the Abia Government House in Umuahia, on Wednesday.

THE WHISTLER broke the news of Ikpeazu’s return to Abia from Abuja on Tuesday. The governor, on Wednesday, received briefing from Agbueze on developments in the state while he was away.

This website had followed developments on Ikpeazu’s welfare while in Abuja receiving medical care as well happenings in Abia State during the governor’s absence. 

Abia had stepped up its COVID-19 response by commencing testing for the virus in the state after taking delivery of some diagnostic equipment ordered from the United States by Governor Ikpeazu in June. 

Prior to testing positive and isolating himself, the Abia governor had placed orders for two GeneXpert equipment on behalf of the state government. 

The state had also received the donation of one PCR machine from the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria. 

The equipment were deployed to three laboratories established at the Abia State Specialist Hospital and Diagnostic Center, Umuahia, the Amaracha Isolation Centre and a facility in Aba.