COVID-19 Drama in Cross River and Kogi via thisdaylive
The public health essence of the precautions taken against coronavirus is, perhaps, most exemplified by the wearing of masks.
This is even more so in a period of emergency of the magnitude brought about by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China, eight months ago. In making their queer declarations the governors have invoked federalist principles to rebuff legitimate interventions from federal agencies. The minister also commendably called on doctors in Cross Rivers to suspend their strike. Earlier the doctors had addressed a petition to the minister.
The Cross River doctors also want isolation centres established as well as the activation of the one in Adiabo. The governor once kept vigil at the border in the bid to prevent coronavirus slipping into his state. Like Governor Ayade, Governor Bello has also insisted that Kogi Sate, as a geo-political unit, is immune to coronavirus. He once threatened to quarantine NCDC officials visiting the state for testing and contact-tracing purposes.
Perhaps the most outrageous moment was on March 25, when Yahaya Bello puts the matter in a video on his Facebook page like this: “The 90% of the noise about COVID-19 is for political, economic , financial material gain. The other 10% , ordinary flu like common colds … generally.” It is inexplicable that Abuja seems helpless as the health of the people of Kogi and Cross River are put at risk by some state governments.
As a matter fact, one of most informed criticisms of the controversial Infectious Disease Bill before the National Assembly is that with the NCDC Act of 2018, there is practically enough legal basis already for a government that is serious about infectious control to act appropriately. In effect, there is no justification for the uncreative importation of a 37-year old law from Singapore.
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