Raymond Dokpesi Recovers From COVID-19, Leaves Isolation Centre
- Expresses gratitude to God
- Appreciates Nigerians for prayers, support
Chairman emeritus and founder of DAAR Communications Plc, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has recovered from coronavirus (COVID-19) after spending almost two weeks at the Isolation centre.
With his new negative status, the media mogul has now been discharged from the isolation centre at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH), Gwagwalada.
In a statement after he was confirmed negative in the latest sample test, High Chief Dokpesi thanked God Almighty for keeping him and his family safe and alive from the deadly virus.
The Benin-born media owner had on May 1, 2020 tested positive for COBID-19 with his daughter-in-law, three grand children and four other relations.
The statement quoted Dokpesi as saying: “My gratitude goes to many Nigerians in the country and in the diaspora for their outpouring of concern and prayers.
“The past weeks have provided us with a first-hand experience of the enormous challenge before us as a country.
“We are better acquainted with the personal sacrifices many Nigerians are making to ensure that we collectively defeat this pandemic.
“This cuts across the policymakers, the care providers and even the cleaners whose job puts them at constant risk of exposure.”
According to him; “I am exceptionally indebted to God Almighty for keeping and protecting me and my entire family all through our isolation at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada Isolation Centre.
“It is my firm belief that with well thought out policies, coupled with targeted and highly coordinated investment in the health system, Nigeria’s fight against COVID-19 may become the catalyst for the much-needed reform in the health sector.”
It would be recalled that his son and Chairman of DAAR Communication, Raymond Dokpesi Jnr, had earlier contracted the virus in April 2020.
