The General Manager of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Katsina, Alhaji Abdul-Hakeem Ayinde Soaga, has tested positive for coronavirus.
The Katsina State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), disclosed this today.
In a statement released by the Chairman of the union, Tukur Dan-Ali, the union sympathised with Soaga, his family, the NTA chapel of NUJ as well as the entire journalists in the state over the development.
It stated: “We hereby remind our members in Katsina State to be cautious and continue to take all precautionary measures during coverage of events and while delivering their services everywhere as Journalists.
“This, of course indicated the fact that journalists are exposed to danger in this hard period of spread of coronavirus pandemic everywhere in Nigeria particularly in Katsina.
“The NUJ strongly believes that Soaga contracted the coronavirus as a result of his day-to-day service as a journalist and head of NTA Katsina.
Soaga is a popular broadcaster who had worked at the Ogun State Television and the NTA headquarters as a newscaster before he became the general manager of the NTA Katsina.
