By: Prince Bawa Joe
Bauchi State has reverses its decision on total lockdown of the
state due to the spread of coronavirus, saying no measures taken to cushion the
effect of the lockdown on the masses.
The state deputy governor senator Baba Tela during a press
conference on Thursday said the decision was reversed following consultations
with religious and traditional rulers.
Baba Tela said the state government was yet to receive support
from the federal government to enable it roll out palliative measures to
cushion the effect associated with the shutdown order.
He said the state government will henceforth only close its
borders from neighbouring States while businesses will go on within the state.
Baba Tela said although the shutdown order is reversed, markets
and other public places that attract large gathering are strongly advised to
maintain social distances and other measures that will curb the spread of the
virus.
“We have to relax the curfew because as it’s done in other
states, palliative measures where vulnerable people are supported have to be
put in place, in Bauchi here, the federal government is yet to support us with
such palliatives, therefore as a government we have to review these measures
and ease people’s suffering”, he said.
Senator Baba Tela said the North East Development Commission
through the National Centre for Disease Control has donated 1,800 Personal
Protective Equipment's, two ventilators, additional face masks, hand gloves,
hand sanitizers and other medical consumables to help medical workers and those
infected with COVID-19.
He said Tiamin Rice Company has donated 3,600 bags of rice worth
over N34 million for distribution to the most vulnerable groups in the state.
The deputy governor said contact tracing and testing is ongoing
in the state in order to identify possible people who might have contracted the
virus.
Baba Tela urged traditional and religious leaders to continue to
sensitize their followers against the dangers of the disease with the view to
taming its effect.
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