The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Sunday said COVID - tests conducted in facilities within its molecular laboratory network were free .
The centre made its position known in a message posted on its Twitter handle , @ NCDCgov .
The clarification came at a time some parents of pupils in private secondary schools in Ogun State protested the request of N 25 , 000 COVID - 19 test fee by the government .
They were said to have protested at the MTR Specialist Hospital , Oke - Mosan , Abeokuta, the designated place for the pupils in Abeokuta to get tested .
But the NCDC listed 61 laboratories nationwide as those who are currently within the network where such tests could be conducted free .
The message read , “ Scale up of testing is key in assessing the COVID - 19 Nigeria situation and coordinating response across the country.
“ Kindly note that COVID - 19 tests conducted in facilities within the NCDC molecular laboratory network are free of charge ( sic ) . ”
The centre listed the laboratories to include two at the State Specialist Hospital, Amachara in Abia State ; Federal Medical Centre, Yola , Adamawa; Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory , Akwa Ibom State ; Accunalysis Medical Diagnostics , Anambra; COOUTH Awka Abbott Laboratory ; Bauchi State Reference Laboratory , Bauchi ; Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital ; 161 AHM Laboratory , Benue; and University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital , Borno.
Others are Lawrence Henshaw Memorial , Calabar, Cross Rivers ; UCTH Laboratory ; Delta Mobile Laboratory , Delta ; Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Ebonyi ; Irua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo ; University of Benin Teaching Hospital; Edo Specialist Hospital , Benin ; Ekiti – 54 gene, Ekiti; University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Laboratory ; and University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Molecular Virology Laboratory .
In Lagos , there are Virology Lagos University Teaching Hospital ; Nigeria Institute for Medical Research ; Biosafety Level - 3 Laboratory ; 54 gene Lagos ; and the NCDC Central Public Health Laboratory .
In Kano, there are Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital; 54 gene Kano; International Foundation Against Infectious Diseases in Nigeria; EHAlab Kano; and Bayero University , Kano .
In Abuja, there are the NCDC National Reference Laboratory ; Defence Reference Laboratory ; FCT – 54 gene; State House Annex Clinic Laboratory ; University of Abuja, Gwagwalada Laboratory ; and United Nations IOM Laboratory .
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