Source:https://epolisss..com/2020/03/covid-19-vice-president-osibanjo-speaks.html?m=1

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says questioning the legality concerning the presidential rule proscribing actions into the FCT, Lagos or Ogun States is needless as the action is essential yet backed via extant Nigerian laws.

Osinbajo’ spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Tuesday, pointed out the dust chairman made it depression within Abuja whilst responding after questions about Monday at the Google Hangout programme.

The programme was organised by way of HACK COVID-19 Call Centre – a personal sector initiative aiding Nigeria’s warfare towards the pandemic.


“Regarding the legality of the shutdowns introduced through the chairman about Sunday, I assume such is entirely legal; this steps are proactive, absolutely relevant; necessary or backed with the aid of law.

“I am no longer so assured incomplete over the human beings anybody have commented regarding the issue have enter throughout the Quarantine Act.

“There is a Quarantine Act about 1926; longevity permanency that is been posted into every regarding the Laws about Nigeria, every version over the Laws concerning Nigeria, such is there.”


“What the Act does is so it permits the president to take somebody regional area, someone portion regarding the country, as much a vicinity to that amount may additionally be contaminated or beneath the threat regarding a communicable disease, yet he may then edit regulations of some kind.

“For instance, he execute say, people have to now not walk out; no masses gatherings among others; stability so, it is a provision so gives the chairman powers then this powers appear out of the National Assembly because, over course, it is an employment on the National Assembly,” the statement quoted Osinbajo as much saying.


According according to Osinbajo, by means of virginhood concerning the constitutional rules, the 1926 Act is deemed in accordance with stay an Act concerning the National Assembly.

He acknowledged that the chairman as like well as much governors had tremendous powers below the Quarantine Act on 1926.

Osinbajo urged entire involved people then businesses according to in my opinion go through the rules between rule according to recognize the provisions therein.

“It is barely one-page legislation, and such is now not mainly challenging according to discover the relevant provisions and such is no longer specially hard in conformity with read, at all straightforward; so, the chairman has every the powers.

“Many of to us are no longer familiar including the Influenza pandemic as killed a number of tens of millions round the ball between 1918.

“At that time, decree were done here, absolutely similar in conformity with as we bear today, even though as was once underneath the settling in a colony authorities.

“They additionally banned public gatherings, banned gatherings within places of adore then.

“So, like is also excellent historical precedence for some about what we are doing today,” he said.

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The restriction imposed in Abuja,Lagos and Ogun is backed by law so no cause for alarm

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