Covid-19: Amaechi wishes Lagos Health Commissioner ‘speedy recovery’

Transportation Minister, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, has described Lagos State Health Commissioner, Prof. Akin Abayomi, as a patriotic medical professional who should be supported and prayed for at this trying time.
The hardworking commissioner and Deputy Incident Commander of the Incident Command System for COVID-19 in Lagos State, has contracted the virus.
This was announced on Monday by Mr.
Gbenga Omotoso, Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy.
Amaechi, in a statement, said: “I join the millions of the admirers of Professor Akin Abayomi to wish him a speedy recovery.
“You have worked so hard that you should see this as a call to rest. Rest assured that Christ won’t abandon you because there are very few men like you in Nigeria. So, that when you resume; you will be reinvigorated. God bless Akin”
Omotoso had said in a statement on Abayomi’s status: “Subsequent to close contact with persons feeling unwell and testing positive for the COVID-19 infection, the Honorable Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has tested positive for the virus. Professor Abayomi became aware of his status following the required testing protocol of contact tracing procedures.
“However, he is doing well with no symptoms. Adhering to the protocol of the homebased strategy in Lagos State, the Honorable Commissioner will be isolating in his home for the next 14 days but will continue to discharge his duties both as the Deputy Incident Commander of the Incident Command System for COVID-19 and most especially, as the Honorable Commissioner for Health.
“Our prayers are with him and his family during his period of isolation”.