Boss Mustapha,
secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), says no one is sure if the
lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and Abuja will end after 14 days.
In an effort to
contain the spread of COVID-19, President Muhammadu Buhari had on March 29
ordered a 14-day lockdown.
Speaking in Lagos on
Tuesday, Mustapha, chairman of the presidential task force on COVID-19, said
his team would make a submission to the president who would further give
directive on the lockdown.
“Before the end of
the week, we would do an evaluation to see how the objectives we have set are
being met. At the end of that exercise, we would have the responsibility of reporting
to Mr President, because Mr President in his declaration did state that it was
on the advice of the minister of health and the health experts that informed
his decision to sign the quarantine declaration 2020,” he said.
“At the end of our
evaluation, certain sets of recommendation and advice would go to Mr President.
And at that point, he and he alone takes the decision as to when the lockdown
will either be extended or it would stop at the expiration of the 14 days.
“Because in his address
to the nation, he did say 14 days in the first instance. So, it is open, it is
based on what has happened within these 14 days. And objectives that have been
set, have they been met? Have we achieved success in the direction we want to
go? If that has been achieved, he would look at all the information available
to him as the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and I can assure you
he would take a decision that it’s in the best interest of the people of
Nigeria.”
Mustapha said it is
not the desire of the government to punish citizens by restricting their
movement, but “the difficult decision was taken to save lives by preventing
spread”.
He said reports have
been received on the general level of satisfactory compliance in Lagos and
there were also reports on violations.
“In this case, I
commend the instant action taken by the Lagos state government by prosecuting
and convicting notable violators, which shows that nobody should be above the
law,” he said.
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