Cross River state governor, Prof. Ben Ayade has warned that any further extension of lockdown on the country in response to the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic will spell doom for the country. He said further extension of the lockdown will give rise as to uncontrollable youth restiveness, adding that it was better to lockout than lockdown because it would be catastrophic.

The governor spoke on Wednesday in Calabar at the Industrial Park said the recruitment of 8000 youths was targeted at avoiding social tension in view of the harsh economic impact created by COVID 19. His words: ” With prices of oil falling, locking out is far better than locking down because another two weeks of lockdown will find this country under siege by young people. There is no way you can hold down these young energies for too long.

“It is demographic, it is statistics. Sixty-Five percent of the population is below the age of 35 and the virus itself does not have penetrative force in such demography and that is what we have to recognize as a country,” he said. Speaking further, the governor explained that the difference in climate conditions between the west and Africa was the reason the pandemic is ravaging that part of the world. “Our demography is different from the west. Our climatic conditions are different. “If you take the wind speed, the wind direction, sun intensity, radiation and the factors that govern the movement of a virus, ours is a situation that makes it difficult to spread with the speed it is spreading in the western world. “So, our response strategy should reflect our environmental sensitivity. May be what COVID 19 will eventually do is to sharpen the consciousness of young people to come together. “That will be very dangerous and so, to nip that in the bud, we have to find jobs for them because sincerely, that is the provision in the constitution. Section 14 subsection 2 says the welfare and security of the people are the primary essences of government”, he said



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Although he made a lot of sense, but on the other hand this is a mock examination to which states are resilient and can sustain their populations in the case of oil drying up.

Just few weeks and some states are already panting like they raced with Usain Bolt.

Arant

Prof Sir, did you remember someone said she could see the death of Africans in thousands? Your submission could lead to eventual actualisation of the said vision

This people are scammers
If ur temperature is high
You don get corona be dat

This man is making sense. You can't protect people from sickness by starving them indoors, it's unfair.

prof pls tell that old aboki

This guy get sense like this?

One of the enlightened fellow in politics. A microbiologist cum lawyer. I listen when he speaks and at the end, he makes some sense.

That last paragraph shows the fear of the governor toward the majority of zombie youths, who continuous lockdown might factory reset their brain, to start fight for their right in manna that will affect those scammers call politheifian.

Ayade Amaka in igbo voice.

Dss should arrest this idiot for inciting violence

SLAP44:
Although he made a lot of sense, but on the other hand this is a mock examination to which states are resilient and can sustain their populations in the case of oil drying up.

Just few weeks and some states are already panting like they raced with Usain Bolt.

So it should be extended

Why is he crying more than the bereaved or his is state included in the lockdown

sammyj:
Why is he crying more than the bereaved or his is state included in the lockdown

This lock down is affecting everybody oooo

sammyj:
Why is he crying more than the bereaved or his is state included in the lockdown

Are you in this world?

Made sense

Lipscomb:
Dss should arrest this idiot for inciting violence

DSS is on lock down too.

Abdulhakeem78:
Prof Sir, did you remember someone said she could see the death of Africans in thousands? Your submission could lead to eventual actualisation of the said vision

stupid, since they have been sharing 20k to you lazy youths in the north, why won't you be shouting lock down

u11ae1013:
stupid, since they have been sharing 20k to you lazy youths in the north, why won't you be shouting lock down

He has a point.. Government should find a way to ease out of these lockdown gradually.. It ain't working...people are broke.. And a broke man is dangerous

Insensitive is when you tell someone to stay indoors without making corresponding provisions for his welfare

Any attempt by this government to prolong the lock down will be vehemently rejected

That is a wise man. CoronaVirus is not potent in this part of the world. We should stop all these deceit. Our weather does not support such diseases that is why US & others are earnestly waiting for summer for cases to naturally stop and they are talking of second wave of infection in fall/winter. Flu kills over 50 thousand in the US every year's but we don't know that here. Except for those that contracted the disease outside the country, local transmissions are insignificant and not potent. Lockdown has killed and will still kill 1000times more Nigerians than Covid 19. #endthelockdown

so Governor what do you advice?