President Muhammadu Buhari has called for increased
collaboration between governors and the presidential task force on COVID-19.
The president made this known during a virtual meeting with
some members of the Nigeria Governors Forum on Monday.
In a statement, Femi Adesina, Buhari’s special adviser on
media and publicity, said the PTF had briefed him on the next steps in the
national response on the pandemic.
He said the president in turn directed the task force to
work closely with the governors in educating the people and taking necessary
steps to stay safe.
“I have directed that they work very closely with the
Governors. The pandemic was beyond technology, power, and resources, countries
that had all those, were recording the highest casualties round the world,” the
statement read.
“We have to be very careful. We need to continue to educate
and persuade the people to accept the reality of the situation, and do all that
is necessary to stay safe.”
Present at the executive chambers where the president
addressed the virtual meeting were; Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance budget
and national planning; Godwin Emefiele, governor of Central Bank of Nigeria
(CBN); Ibrahim Gambari, chief of staff to the president; among others.
There have been reports on some governors working against
the directives of the task force.
Last week, Gombe, Borno and Adamawa, asked market and
religious places to reopen while the ban on large gatherings was still in place
in other states.
Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the
federation, had asked governors of the states, to weigh the consequences of
their actions.
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