Kano state
government has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his response to the
COVID-19 crisis in the state.
In a statement on
Tuesday, Muhammad Garba, the commissioner for information, said Abdullahi
Ganduje, governor of the state, commended the measures announced by the
president.
Kano has witnessed a
rise in deaths from unconfirmed causes in the past few days. In a nationwide
broadcast on Monday night, Buhari declared a two-week total lockdown in the
state as a part of efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19.
According to the commissioner,
the federal directive, in addition to the efforts of the state government,
would hopefully go a long way in mitigating the situation.
“The ongoing
comprehensive investigation on the pandemic in the state, the deployment of
additional federal government manpower, material and technical resources as
announced by the President to strengthen and support the state government’s
efforts would equally help in extenuating the pandemic,” he said.
Garba said while the
test centres being managed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in
collaboration with the state government are now fully operational, the governor
has assured residents that plans are underway to open three more centres, with
a view to aggressively reinforcing testing and contact tracing measures to
prevent the spread of the disease.
The commissioner
said the enforcement of a total lockdown for a period of two weeks would help
in controlling and containing the disease and also prevent the risk of further
spread to neighbouring states.
He expressed
government’s readiness to support security agencies in ensuring effective
enforcement, and called on the people to cooperate and show understanding by
strictly abiding by the lockdown order.
While acknowledging
that the lockdown comes at a heavy cost, the commissioner said it still remains
a significant way of preventing spread of the virus.
Garba also pleaded
with the public to observe strict personal hygiene that include regular hand
washing, physical distancing, wearing of face masks in public and avoiding
large gatherings.
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