NFF management and staff to undergo coronavirus tests after a member tested positive for COVID-19

The test is mandatory because some might have had contact with the person who tested positive.

All management staff and officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will undergo coronavirus tests after a member tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.

The test will happen at the Secretariat of the Federation, Sunday Dankaro House, National Stadium Complex, Abuja on Thursday, August 20, 2020.

According to the Communication Officer of the NFF, Ademola Olajire, the General Secretary of the Federation, Dr Mohammed Sanusi on Wednesday, August 19 informed the management and staff of the positive result of one of their members and the planned test of the rest.

Sanusi, who has also had to go for a test himself because he was feeling unwell and uncomfortable to the staff that they have to go for tests because they might have come in contact with the person who tested positive for the virus.

The tests will be done by the Nigeria Centre for Disease and Control (NCDC) and after the tests, the offices and the entire complex will be disinfected in line with the COVID-19.

Sanusi also disclosed that after the tests, the offices would be closed for the disinfection process, while Management and Staff will work from home.

Once the results are out, those who tested negative will immediately resume work in the Secretariat while anyone who tests positive will be required to self-isolate for the period stipulated in the COVID19 protocols by the Federal Government.

The NFF like every other organisation in the world have had to deal with the outbreak of coronavirus in Nigeria.

All football activities in the country were shut down in March but the federations have started to make plans to resume these activities.