Governor Udom
Emmanuel said he will not share the rice from the Federal Government of Nigeria
to the people of Akwa Ibom.
The Governor, who
stated this Monday evening during a media chat, said the rice showed signs of
decay and may not be suitable for consumption.
He said: “for the
Relief materials from Federal Government, we got 1800 bags of custom bonded
warehouse rice.
“That gift is not
good for me to distribute to my citizens. We have sent it for test, but it
doesn’t look good enough for consumption.”
However, Udom also
noted that his government has so far spent about one Billion Naira to tackle
coronavirus pandemic in Akwa-Ibom.
He added that the
Restriction of Movement order in the State will be relaxed when the situation
improves.
He said that a gradual
reopening of the system on the order of economic importance of sectors would be
considered.
The Governor noted
that the 300-bed isolation centre at Ituk Mbang was near completion.
He said COVID-19
never met Akwa Ibom State unprepared as it already had isolation centre with 25
bed/modern facilities, 13 ventilators, functional intensive care unit, and
digitised/functional situation room and call centre manned by 50 medical
experts.
On the proposed
random testing for COVID-19 in the State, Gov. Emmanuel said it was a waste of
government resources to embark on such.
He added that anyone
who needed to be tested would be tested according to the guidelines of the
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
He said, “It would
absolutely be a waste of resources if we go on random testing. No one who
needed to be tested that had not been tested. Everything we do follows NCDC
guidelines.
“On lockdown, I will
come back to announce very soon. We were waiting to also consult with other
States because in situations like this, no state can work in isolation.
“For Akwa Ibom
State, once we have a trend analysis and the graph is showing downward, we will
do a gradual reopening of the system based on the economic importance of those
sectors.”
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