Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the delayed closure of the country’s borders, seaport, and airports, including the failure of returnees to self-isolate, caused the spread of COVID-19.

He said this during an Instalive interview with CNN on Wednesday.

According to the governor, Lagos was prepared to curb the spread of COVID-19 but had to wait for the Federal Government to shut airport, seaport and land borders.

The PUNCH reports that though Nigeria recorded its first COVID-19 death on February 27, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), officially shut the country’s airports, seaports, and borders on March 29.


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Sanwo-Olu blames late airport, border closures for COVID-19 spread
Published April 30, 2020

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Sodiq Oyeleke



Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the delayed closure of the country’s borders, seaport, and airports, including the failure of returnees to self-isolate, caused the spread of COVID-19.

He said this during an Instalive interview with CNN on Wednesday.

According to the governor, Lagos was prepared to curb the spread of COVID-19 but had to wait for the Federal Government to shut airport, seaport and land borders.

The PUNCH reports that though Nigeria recorded its first COVID-19 death on February 27, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), officially shut the country’s airports, seaports, and borders on March 29.


As of March 29 when president shut the country’s airports, seaports, and borders, Nigeria had recorded 111 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and one death.

When asked about the state’s preparedness, Sanwo-Olu said, “Given the population that we have, we are a bit ahead in terms of preparation, as a state, but we are sub-national. We couldn’t give directives as to when Nigeria should close the airport, seaport, or in-land border.

He is right but I hope this will not alienate him from the evil powers in Abuja

Lets forget about the cause and focus on solutions

Nice one. It can easily be deciphered as 'Sanwo-Olu Blames Buhari...'

Great.

ignis:
Lets forget about the cause and focus on solutions

someone just confirmed the cluelessness of this govt

This table Sanwo-Olu is shaking ehen may cost you the second term ticket because your ogas in Abuja are comfortable sitted on it.Meanwhile let's see who those in Abuja will also blame.

Its now he wants to trade blames after waiting to receive and spend the FG palliatives.

Sanwo Olu won't get a second term ticket for blaming Buhari on conoravirus wide spread in Nigeria .

How dare he point an accusing finger on his slave master .

They were waiting for their children and relatives to come in, and, they finally brought in the virus..

Now the Innocents masses are the ones feeling the pains...so unfortunate for Nigerians...Nigerians have really seen hell...

So is it trying to say GMB is Imcompetent for not closing the borders early

If that's what he is saying,I fully support him

The Nigerian Government were waiting for their Siblings/Children/Relatives/Cronies to return before they shut the borders. This goes to show you the utter contempt this government has for its citizens. I hope Nigerians are paying attention and I hope they will not be swayed by bags of rice/salt in the next election, but I doubt it. Come 2023, it will be business as usual with Nigerians voting in the same decrepit demons as leaders of this country.

The deed has already been done.
The Government put us in this mess together and together, we will sing songs of victory in the end.

When I said it earlier that Buhari caused this shit by not stopping flights and not closing borders as soon as the virus entered US and UK some animals here, in the name of defending anything APC, attacked me saying that closing the border and stopping flight is not something Nigeria can do on their own and that Buhari would have to obtain permission from America and Europe before doing that.

Some times when I hear those blind APC supporters talk, I just faint.

It is the fault of PDP if we check well.

Sanwo, whose duty was it to order the late closures ?

GEJ.

We need the account number of GEJ to see why he didn't close the airports on time.

Everyone knows this.

Except those in self denial for whatever reasons.

Very correct

Waiting for federal government nairaland defenders to defend buhari with empty stomach and hunger stomach

This was very obvious. The incompetence of the FG has put LASG in so much burden. They're having the highest number of cases and also on the verge of running out of bedspace.