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Eased Lockdown Not Permission For Carelessness, FG Warns

 

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman of the
Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, on Thursday warned
Nigerians against mistaking the eased restrictions for permission to act
without care. Speaking in Abuja at a briefing of the task force,
Mustapha said as the nation approached the commencement of the first of a
three-phased easing of lockdown from Monday, Nigerians should receive
and digest the implementation guidelines.


He emphasised that
states, law enforcement agents, trade associations, employers,
businesses and citizens should understand their roles, obligations and
responsibilities. He said, “Above all, we must understand that this is
still a war against an unseen and potent enemy. No one should mistake
the easing of restrictions for permission to act without care. The
security agents have been instructed to respect the rights of citizens
while also ensuring strict enforcement.” The SGF disclosed that the
high-level technical team sent to Kano State had submitted its interim
report. The Federal Government had on Monday sent the team to Kano
following the reported mass deaths in the state in the last few days.

Mustapha
commended “the proactive leadership” of Kano State Governor Abdullahi
Ganduje in the management of emerging challenges. He said the ongoing
investigation into the causes of the reported high number of deaths in
the state would be pursued to a logical conclusion. He assured all
Nigerians resident in Kano that the Federal Government was with them and
would do all possible to fight the spread of coronavirus in the state
as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari.

“Kano is one of our
historical cities and remains a backbone for the economy of this nation.
The already established isolation and treatment centres with a holding
capacity for 274 persons, the proposed establishment of additional
facilities with capacity for 500, 2 sample collection centres along with
6 new proposed centres have provided a strong foundation for tackling
the spread of the virus in the state,” he said. He said the military
would establish an additional isolation centre, treatment facility, and a
testing laboratory service in Kano State.

He said the task
force, in the immediate, would further strengthen the state to scale up
its response with the provision of necessary facilities and equipment,
capacity building, improve stakeholders’ “inter-phase and guidance on
any existing policy capable of diminishing the fight against the
pandemic in the state.”

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