Kano faults viral video on isolation centre, says claim is misleading

Kano State government has described the viral footage on the social media on Dangote Isolation entre at Sani Abacha Stadium as misleading and unfounded.

The video clip depicted an abandoned project at the site, showing empty bed space with meant for the centre littered around the premises.

The voice note note on the clip also described the COVID-19 active cases as force and unrealistic.

But a statement released by Commissioner for Information, Mohammad Garba, insisted that the content of the video is mischievous and it simply an attempt to misrepresent facts on the ongoing installation works at Sani Abacha Isolation Centre.

“Whoever is behind the filming does so to deliberately distort the datum considering that even in the clip, it shows that the project is still ongoing but calculatedly moves away from filming the exercise just to accomplish the task of garbling the fact,” Garba said.

He noted that the posted on the social media is an attempt to discredit the effort by the coalition in the fight against COVID-19.

Garba said the Sani Abacha Isolation Centre, which was initially billed to accommodate 500 beds, was later redesigned based on recommendation and standards set by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 (PTF) and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

He said while the project was reviewed and installation works continue, 218 out of the 500 beds planned for the centre were deployed to other new centres as follows: renovated Abubakar Imam Urology 77 beds; Daula Isolation Centre 10 beds; Karfi Sports Institute 213 beds, while 213 beds are retained at Sani Abacha Isolation Centre which account for the 500 beds capacity being delivered by CACOVID in Kano state.

The commissioner assures that the now 213 bed capacity Sani Abacha Isolation Centre as recommended by the relevant health authorities will soon be completed and put to use.

Malam Garba calls on the public to ignore the video clip which is a handiwork of mischief-makers and further assures that government would not be distracted from big picture which is serving the people.