By Nigeria Latest News Blog
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Ghali Na’Abba, has dispell reports insinuating that he died of COVID-19 pandemic.
Na’Abba debunked rumours making the rounds on social media that he was dead.
Na’Abba, who spoke in a video sent to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Kano, dismissed the report as misleading and rumour.
“Fellow Nigerians; I am Ghali Na’Abba, Speaker of the National Assembly from 1999 to 2003. I have been hearing rumours in recent days that I was dead.
“I am doing this video in order to prove to Nigerians and the world that I am alive, hale and hearty.
"Also I would like to condole with others who have lost their loved ones to the deadly pandemic.”
Na’Abba was the Speaker of the Green Chamber of the National Assembly during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.