Anxiety As Kwara Officials Proceed On Isolation Over Chief Of Staff Death

Kwara State government officials who have had contact with the late Chief of Staff Aminu Adisa Logun in the past two weeks have all proceeded on self isolation while their samples are taken for COVID-19 test, a statement said early Wednesday.

Henrietta Adenike Afolabi-Oshatimehin
Commissioner for Communication ,Kwara State disclosed in a statement.

“Cabinet members, personal staff of the late Chief of Staff, and some medical personnel who have recently had varying degrees of contacts with the late technocrat have now proceeded on self isolation.”

The statement said the government has also suspended physical meetings of any kind on official matters until further notice, directing increased use of virtual platforms for such engagements in order to limit physical contacts and emulate Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.

“It is important to note that His Excellency the Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq last had any physical contact with the late Chief of Staff on April 6 during the launch of the conditional cash transfer for the elderly.

“The Governor’s subsequent meetings with the late CoS had all been virtual. Similarly, the State Executive Council meetings and most official engagements have consistently been held through virtual platforms in line with the COVID-19 protocols,” the commissioner said.

“Flowing from this, government officials are again urged to avoid physical meetings at all cost as well as keep to safety measures.”

The Chief of Staff to the Governor of Kwara State Aminu Adisa Logun was confirmed dead yesterday.

Logun, an industrialist, a public intellectual, and an elder statesman, died Tuesday evening of complications from COVID-19. He died only a few hours after the test of his result returned positive.

The Governor had also declared a seven-day mourning in honour of the late Chief of Staff.

The Governor commiserates with the family of the late Chief of Staff and the entire Ilorin Emirate for this tragic development.