“It allowed each state with its limited resources and facilities to gear itself up and to issue instructions and regulations on restrictions based on the reality of the state.”
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday warned Nigerians not to mistake the lifting of restrictions on lockdown for the end of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The elder statesman commended the federal and the state governments for the efforts and measures they had taken to deal seriously with the virus. “They must be conscious of the fact that the disease has no social or economic limitation or barrier. Others are local content, raw materials and substitute as well as diversification of the economy and enhancement of export commodities.“With good leadership and right policy and with the public and private sectors working together and the civil society joining hands, all the six areas can be taken care of and we can safely put the pandemic behind and move the country forward,” he said.
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