Yahaya Bello, Kogi governor, says his administration will
not respond to the second wave of COVID-19 with “mass hysteria”.
In a New Year broadcast on Friday, Bello said it would be
irresponsible of his government to see COVID-19 as a definer of 2020.
The governor said despite the nationwide lockdown imposed by
the federal government, his administration ensured that students in higher
institutions in the state made much progress.
“As before, we remain determined as a government not to
respond to the highly controversial second wave with mass hysteria,” he said.
“While reiterating that our primary objective is keeping
Kogi state coronavirus-free as it is as of today, we will continue to respond
to developments with reason informed by knowledge.
“Of course, it would be irresponsible as a government to
allow COVID-19 be the sole definer of our 2020. In fact, in many aspects, it
proved to be an opportunity for us in many sectors.
“In the education sector, despite the challenge of the
federal government mandated shutdown of academic institutions, we worked hard
to make sure that students of our tertiary institutions make as much progress
as they can within the windows available. We are looking forward to graduating
a set of students early this year.
“This is why we are currently studying new restrictions from
Abuja over the purported Second Wave and considering all our options.
“This also relates to the formal opening of the Confluence
University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) which we founded last month to
beef our capacity to produce and scale both manpower and investments in STEM
(Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) disciplines, especially
Infotech and Artificial Intelligence.”
The governor said contractors rehabilitating roads across
the state who left sites because of COVID-19 protocol have returned.
“Last year, we took the battle to kidnappers, armed robbers
and other violent criminals and made Kogi state unsafe in a big way for them,”
Bello said.
“Scores were leading
to the death and arrest of many of them in gun battles with the Police and
other law enforcement.”
According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC),
1,294 people have died of COVID-19 complications across the country.
While the country has recorded 88,587 cases of the disease,
74,373 people have recovered from it.
Kogi is one the states where COVID tests are next-to-nil as
the governor insists that there is no coronavirus in the state.
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