'But this is not what government is aiming to do, no government wants to do a lockdown.'
The Nigerian government said Thursday that it is not considering a lockdown of any part of the country despite the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases.
The health minister, Osagie Ehanire, who spoke to journalists in Abuja, said a lockdown can only be considered as a ‘last measure’ because “lockdown stifles economic activity, restricts your own freedom and your business: corporate business, government business, private business all are affected.” Nigeria implemented a nationwide lockdown for a few weeks last year in the early period of COVID-19. Mr Ehanire said the government has learnt its lessons from that lockdown.
“When we were compelled to have that lockdown at the beginning, we learnt a lot of lessons,” he said. “You know, at that time, government provided palliatives to reduce the impact of it: if you couldn’t go to market if you couldn’t do your business.”
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