As the number of Nigerians infected by COVID-19 increases daily, labour unions in Nigeria have called for a 'massive community based and decentralised
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The labour-civil society situation room on COVID19 in a statement jointly signed by Nigeria Labour Congress , Ayuba Wabba, and the Trade Union Congress , Quadri Olaleye, said Nigeria has so far tested about 22492 people, “a number that still lags behind that of other African countries.” “There are about 300 health workers infected with COVID19 and we are asking for specialised Isolation Centres for infected health care workers and standardisation of all isolation and treatment centres in Nigeria.”“We also reiterate the call for the prioritisation of adequate supply of personal protective equipment for health workers at all level of healthcare delivery.”
“We call on the Kano State Government to take the current wave of infection in the state more seriously. We call for very proactive measures by Kano State Government including strict enforcement of total lockdown of the state, deployment of robust public health education, provision of adequate personnel and equipment for rapid contact tracing, testing and treatment of cases.
“We call for the empowering of the National Identity Management Commission with a fresh mandate to capture every Nigerian with all the relevant demographic information within the next two years.”
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