The Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19, Boss
Mustapha, has said state governments, community and religious leaders will be
responsible for the next phase of battle against COVID-19.
Mustapha, who is the Secretary to the Government of the
Federation, SGF, said the decision was due to the fact that Nigeria was
currently experiencing community infection.
The SGF made the disclosure after he and members of the task
force met President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on
Sunday.
Addressing State House Correspondents after the meeting,
Mustapha disclosed that the Federal Government will only provide supervision
and coordination, going further.
He said: “The ownership of the next stage will be the
responsibility of the states because we have gone into community transmission.
“Where are the communities? The communities are in the
states. So, the ownership of the next stage will be the responsibility of the
states, the local government, the traditional institutions, the religious
leaders at the different levels of our communities, because that is where the
problem is.”
Statistics by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC,
showed that the country now has 10,162 confirmed COVID-19 cases.
This followed the confirmation of 307 new cases.
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com