A group, Civil Society Coalition Against COVID-19 (CISCAC) has issued five days ultimatum to 35 serving Senators, asking them to go for Covid-19 test and disclose their status to the Nigerian public without much ado.
The 35 senators recently attended a three-day international training programme in London and according to the group they were yet to undergo the Covid-19 test to ascertain their status since returning back to the country.
The coalition in a statement addressed by its Convener, Dr Nwambu Gabriel, in Abuja on Tuesday, demanded that the result of the test be made public in five days.
The group noted that the 35 Senators, who are members of the Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources Upstream, attended the training organised by the Skills and Career Support Centre, London, between March 13 and March 15.
“These 35 Senators, even with the possibility of being infected with the dreaded COVID-19, found their way into the Senate chambers and continued plenary, thereby exposing other Senators to chances of contacting the global pandemic,” the group said.
The statement which was also signed by the Secretary of the coalition, Malam Ali Danjuma, said that the federal lawmakers have rather continued to endanger the residents of the FCT and other Nigerians.
“We demand that the 35 Senators who travelled to London be made to check their COVID-19 status and such test should be made public within five days.
“We might be compelled to mention the names of these Senators at the expiration of the above mentioned time limit,” it said.
