The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola says the 15 Chinese experts who came into Nigeria are in the country to support the fight against COVID-19 on the bill of China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) to assist in building and equipping isolation centres.
Minister of interior Rauf Aregbesola while responding to lournalists during the daily PTF briefing explained they were At Idu isolation centre in Abuja and participated in retrofitting and equipping the isolation centre.
He said They equally worked on the Dome isolation centre project, that was handled by the NNPC Construction.
Aregbesola added that the Chinese experts came into Nigeria on a 30-day visa issued in Beijing and they are still in the country because there is a restriction on travel occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The whereabouts of the Chinese experts became a thing of concern after the Minister of Health last week Thursday told reporters not to question him over the whereabouts of Chinese medical experts who came into Nigeria to support the fight against COVID-19
