Nigeria, March 28 -- Nigerian health minister, Osagie Ehanire, has provided insight into why he, alongside other officials, visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

Mr Ehanire met with Mr Buhari on Saturday, alongside Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), over the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in the country.

"It is to answer a few questions about what his Excellency heard about the health sector and the current coronavirus outbreak," the health minister said while addressing journalists shortly after the meeting.

The official said he also explained what "we are doing to slow the spread of the virus, the problems presented by the situation and necessary...