Kogi and Cross River are the only two states in the country yet to record cases, but authorities have expressed fears that it might be because the governments of both states are not taking the outbreak seriously enough.
The latest situation report published by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday, May 19 has now shown that the two have barely tested enough.
Of the 35,983 tests done across the country, as of May 17, Kogi has only conducted one, while Cross River has conducted seven, the two lowest of any other state.
Kogi's Governor Yahaya Bello and Cross River's Governor Ben Ayade have both been vocal critics of the response of the Federal Government and other state governments to the coronavirus crisis.
Both have publicly boasted that their states are free of the coronavirus, and insinuated that they are under public pressure to detect cases.
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