The Madagascar solution, prepared for the treatment of COVID-19, made its way to the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Friday but President Buhari said it would not be administered on any Nigerian until it was scientifically confirmed to be safe for use
•Reopening religious centres totally irresponsible – Health experts• FCTA taskforce arrests 27 Kogi, Edo-bound travellers hidden in trucksThe Madagascar solution, prepared for the treatment of COVID-19, made its way to the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Friday but President Muhammadu Buhari said it would not be administered on any Nigerian until it was scientifically confirmed to be safe for use.
“We have our institutions, systems and processes in the country. Any such formulations should be sent to them for verification. I will not put it to use without the endorsement of our institutions,” the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu quoted him as saying.
The health stakeholders said that the lockdown was supposed to be a critical measure to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, as the country is yet to experience the peak of the disease. “Remember a country like Iran. Iran suffered so much because their mosque was the epi-centre of the disease spread. They realised this and shut down their mosque.
The President of the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria , Dr. Aliyu Sokomba, said: “From a medical point of view, we’ve continued to advocate that it will be appropriate that social gatherings be suspended for now. But beyond the medical point of view I am sure that there are other perspectives that are being considered – political perspective being one of the reasons for opening those religious centres.
“These categories of people will now tell you that going to the house of faith is the only hope they have for healing and for the relief of their stress. In the process, even if some observe the social and physical distancing, a handful of people will disobey.”Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has expressed displeasure over non-compliance by resident with government’s directives on the prevention of the spread of coronavirus in the state.
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