Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has tested negative for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Head of Corporate Communications of the bank of CBN, Isaac Okoroafor, disclosed this on Thursday in a Facebook post.
The post reads: “The COVID-19 test conducted on the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, CON, has today returned a NEGATIVE result.”
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Since the outbreak of the virus in the country in February, Nigeria has 174 confirmed cases of the disease, with Governors Bala Mohammed, Nasir Elrufai, Seyi Makinde and President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, among those who tested positive to the virus.