The National Centre for Disease and Control, NCDC has debunked reports that Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele is one of its ambassadors.
Funke Akindele appeared in an advert on NCDC website where she was educating Nigerians on preventive measures against the virus.
Reports had that Funke Akindele was an ambassador to the agency.
However, her recent action where she organized a house party and violated the lockdown order by the state and federal government raised concerns about her tainting the image of the agency.
But, NCDC in a post on its Twitter page said the agency has not engaged any brand ambassador as part of its response to Covid-19.
The tweet read: “As an agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria, NCDC has not engaged brand ambassadors as part of our response to Covid-19.
“We continue to emphasise that all Nigerians maintain social distancing to prevent the spread of #COVID19.Stay home and stay safe.”
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Also, Dettol in a statement on its verified Twitter account stressed that the advert with Funke Akindele is a collaboration to help NCDC educate communities about the spread of Coronavirus as seen below:
As an agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria, NCDC has not engaged brand ambassadors as part of our response to #COVID19
We continue to emphasise that all Nigerians maintain #socialdistancing to prevent the spread of #COVID19#StayHomeStaySafe https://t.co/jPquFV2Y9u
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 5, 2020
Recall that Nigeria on Sunday recorded 8 new cases of the deadly Coronavirus, of the eight new cases, 5 was recorded in Lagos, 2 in the FCT and 1 in Kaduna State bringing total number of confirmed cases in country to 232.
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