The presidential
task force (PTF) on COVID-19 has asked states lifting lockdown to check the
consequences.
As measures to curb
the spread of the disease, President Muhammadu Buhari had locked down, Lagos,
Ogun and Abuja.
The president also
appealed to states to adopt measures to check the spread of the disease.
Subsequently, many states had ordered restriction of movement and public
gathering.
But in the last 48
hours, states such as Borno, Ebonyi, Zamfara, Gombe and Adamawa have lifted the
lockdown.
“In providing
leadership for the fight against this pandemic, Mr. President did encourage
state governments to adapt national guidelines as suitable to their state and
expects that such adaptation should be informed by empirical evidence of
progress made,” he said.
“The PTF, therefore,
urges states that are lifting restrictions which allows for large congregation
of people to weigh their consequences in relation to creating opportunities for
more seeding of the virus thereby negating gains already made.”
Mustapha also said
the PTF had received over N700 million
in support of the fight against COVID-19.
He said when the
COVID-19 pandemic was declared, corporate bodies, development partners,
individuals, groups, religious bodies , rose up massively to make donations in
cash and kind.
“For effective coordination
and accountability, the office of the accountant-general published five bank
accounts into which donations could be paid and swept into a CBN TSA account,
daily,” he said.
“Consistent with
the open government policy driven by transparency and accountability of the
Muhammadu Buhari administration, the PTF promised that details of all cash
donations would be publicly provided.
“I am pleased to
report that the OAGF has published the details of inflow into the FGN COVID-19
eradication support accounts. As at May 14, 2020, the sum of N792,121,613.89
(Seven Hundred and Ninety Two Million, One Hundred and Twenty One Thousand, Six
Hundred and Thirteen Naira and Eighty Nine Kobo) has been credited into the TSA
account from various in-country sources.
“I particularly want
to commend the sacrifice of some ordinary Nigerians typified by the donations
as low as one naira, which for us comes from the purest of hearts.”
He said the
committee extends its appreciation of other several groups that have been supportive.
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