Yusuf Gagdi, a member of the house of representatives, took
a jab at some members of the presidential task force on COVID-19 on Tuesday,
accusing them of fiddling with their phones at plenary.
Gagdi, who represents Pankshin/Kanam/Kanke constituency of
Plateau state, told the PTF team that “we do not press phones here.”
He had stood to ask the task force questions about the
country’s response to COVID-19 pandemic, but asked his colleagues to first
permit me to “make an important point.”
“The members of PTF should listen, just like the chairman of
the committee (who is) jotting with pen and paper and not touching their
phones,” he said,
“We don’t touch phones here, even in the chamber.”
The PTF, led by Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government
of the federation and its chairman, was summoned to brief the lawmakers about
the unusual deaths and Nigeria’s management of the pandemic.
Among the members who attended the plenary include Sani
Aliyu, the PTF national coordinator; Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of the
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
Some ministers were also present: Osagie Ehanire (health),
Lai Mohammed (information and culture), Hadi Sirika (aviation), Geoffrey
Onyeama (foreign affairs).
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