The Nigerian Army has cancelled the remaining activities to be featured in the ongoing 2020 Chief of Army Staff Annual Conference billed to come to an end this weekend.
A statement by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sagir Musa says the reason behind the sudden cancellation of the annual exercise is due to the resurgence of Covid-19 Pandemic in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja.
According to him, on Tuesday being 8th December 2020, a participating officer in this year’s ongoing COAS Annual Conference tested positive for Covid-19, which appears to be a second wave of the infection cycle.
This according to him, informed the decision to immediately discontinue the remaining activities of the conference.
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The statement further mandated all participants to immediately proceed on self-isolation in line with the Federal Government’s protocol for Covid-19 and to prevent any further spread of the disease.
The statement however regretted the inconveniences this might have caused to the participants and other stakeholders participating in the conference.
