Opinion: A Souless, Leaderless World, By Owei Lakemfa
They are busy carrying out mass sack and retrenchment. The war zones an earth are still quite active, with the populace being cut down by human offensives, weapons and a merciless, unyielding and unforgiving virus.
The youthful New Zealand prime minister, Jacinda Arden, 39, took tough measures from March 25, under a slogan: ‘Go Hard, Go Early’, enforcing a total lockdown. Angela Merkel of Germany also put her country on war footing. On March 11, she warned her compatriots that all necessary measures must be taken as the virus may infect up to 70 per cent of the populace.
Nigeria knew of the virus approach, but while the Lagos State government under Governor Jide Sanwo-Olu took immediate and decisive steps, including putting together a formidable team handling health, information and palliative issues, the federal government was slow, especially in strict monitoring of the airports and stopping international flights. As it turned out, the first known active cases across the country were those who had recently travelled in from abroad.
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