The Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PFG) and a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Moh'd...
The Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum and a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress , Dr. Salihu Moh’d Lukman, has expressed fear the increasing cases oCOVID-19 pandemic may necesitate a national lockdown.
Lukman further argued that by Tuesday April 14, 2020 when the two weeks lockdown would have expired, Nigeria would be expecting a minimum of another 85 confirmed cases, which could raise the total confirmed cases in the country to more than 370.According to Lukman: “With number of cases spreading to more states and also on the increase within states, the possibility of extending the lockdown to other states could be high.
Lukman pointed out that the attitude of people to the killer virus left much to be desired with the frightening experiences in countries like Italy, United States, France, Germany, Spain and Iran where within a space of 5 – 6 weeks recorded exponential rise in number of cases from as low as 5 to 468,895 cases and death records from these cases similarly shot up to over 18,000.
Lukman also asked the federal government to review and change its disbursement strategy of various palliatives pushed out to ameliorate the suffering of the people during the lockdown period and called for the expansion of Boss Mustapha -led Presidential Taskforce to include the National Assembly and State Governments to get the buy-in of all Nigerians.
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