…as Kebbi withdraws from interstate agreement
President Muhammadu Buhari will decide on the two weeks’ national lockdown proposed by the governors.
Governors of the 36 states had on Wednesday “unanimously” agreed to the implementation of an Inter-State lockdown in the country over the next two weeks to help check the spread of COVID-19 from state to state.
Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic, Boss Mustapha, gave this clarification in Abuja, on Thursday. said every inputs including that of the governors would be collated by the committee and a report submitted to the president.
“Basically what they (governors) are suggesting is that travels from one state to the other should be stopped with certain exemptions of essential services, petroleum products, farm inputs, fertilizer so that we can keep the wheel of our economy ready.
That is their proposal. Federal Government is yet to take a decision and as to whether that will be part of our report, the presidential taskforce will meet and take holistic look at all the proposals that are coming in as to the next line of action going forward”, Mustapha explained.
Meanwhile, Governor Atiku Bagudu declared Thursday that there would be no lockdown in Kebbi state as agreed by Nigeria Governors Forum.
Instead, the people would continue to observe all the precautionary measures against COVID-19 pandemic.
The Governor disclosed this at a meeting with the State Task Force Committee on COVID-19.
The meeting at Medical Centre Kalgo, was called to evaluate the effectiveness of the measures put in place to check the spread of the coronavirus.
The Governor commended the task force for living up to expectation.
Governors under the aegis of NGF agreed to impose a 14-day lockdown in their states, with immediate effect.
The Kebbi governor was the first to opt out of the idea.
Bagudu announced that the Federal Government has allocated three truck-load of food items to the state, comprising 2,262 bags of 50kg rice, oil and sugar.
He also announced that the Minister for Humanitarian Services, Sadiya Umar Farouq would visit to disburse money to vulnerable persons on behalf of the Federal Government
On behalf of the Nigerian pls we want food
Yes
That’s good Kebbi state Governor weldone
Pls help us, there is no money to eat oo,we want you to compulsory it to private organization to the little amount ooo
That is nice
My own problem is with this police officers, they are not helping this lockdown and the citizens of Nigeria at all, how can they be taking bribe from both the driver and passengers in a vehicle are the same time instead of helping the government to make sure that there is no movement at all In the states so that is this spread check can be done effectively, how will the national b
Why are you talking like this,Why people will not move arround or did you think it’s every that have food at home as yours, government should find something to do about this
That is true ooooo.lagos can never be cured from covid 19 police take bribe sas takes electricity takes no money and they want to kill us finished this is no more Corona virus this is hunger virus
I don’t see a reason why the president and the governors will agree to extend the lockdone without being faithful to the palliative he promised the masses, considering the already one month lockdown in the country, too bad of them.
Please we need ur fully assistance oo
Pls here in Nigeria Lagos State ibeju lekki.the only problems we are facing right now is that we don’t have food, electricity,money etc.the electricity we have in Lagos ibeju lekki is just like an toy which they use to play.when they on it around 6pm they will off it around 8pm is that electricity.pls government u have to do something even if we are in the local side of Lagos u have to remember us cus we do almost everything other Lagos State indigeings do.so u have to solve the problem of electricity for us. pls try as much as possible to do it
May almighty Allah help us out of this Covid-19.
Please oooo we are tried of the lackdown ….we do not want ur 20k live us to go and work and earn for ourselves please
Am with you bro. Other wise we will all die for hunger