COVID-19: Wike Declares Compulsory Use Of Face Masks In Rivers
The Governor warned that the State Government will impose a complete lockdown of Rumuokoro, Elimgbu and Rumukurushi if they continue with night markets and total disregard of Government directive on social distancing.
” For instance, the 7th infected case was an offshore oil and gas worker who went and passed a night in a Lagos hotel before returning to Port Harcourt on the 9th of April 2020 with the aid of the security personnel manning our borders. Governor Wike informed that the State Government has received one GeneXpert RT-PCR testing machine from TOTAL E & P, which is ready to be used and will be deployed for testing in the State.
” It is for the very reason that we have taken our fate in our own hands with the establishment of the Border security task force, which has been mandated to provide and ensure a water-tight situation in all our entry and exit points and prevent any unauthorized entry and or exit of persons and vehicles into the State during the period of the closure.”
“The Food Distribution Committee has successfully distributed food packages to vulnerable households in 16 Local Government Areas, namely: Obio/Akpor, Port Harcourt, Ikwerre, Eleme, Omuma, Bonny, Opobo/Nkoro, Tai, Okrika, Etche, Akuku Toru, Asari Toru, Oyigbo, Gokana, Khana, and Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni.” “I committed no crime calling for support. If they support us, we will also commend them like Kano State has done.
On Palliatives by the Federal Government, Governor Wike said that Rivers state Government rejected the food Palliatives , because the rice was contaminated and bad for consumption.he said. “That is why we have set up out Task Force on Border Closure to ensure that they don’t compromise our borders,”Commenting on the deportation of Almajiris, Governor Wike said if it started from Rivers state, the Federal Government would have vehemently opposed the idea.“I thank God this came from our northern brothers. The Kaduna State Government said most of the Almajiris have tested positive to coronavirus.
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