At its monthly meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, members of the National Economic Council, (NEC) on Thursday, expressed alarm at the spike in COVID-19 cases in Nigeria and decided to act on the strict enforcement of measures to contain the spread of the disease across the country.
In a resolution released after the virtual meeting attended by State Governors, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and other federal ministers, the Council noted that it “is alarmed that the current trends are now approaching or surpassing the levels reached during the lockdown imposed at the height of the epidemic earlier in the year.”
The NEC also enlarged the membership of its Ad-Hoc Committee on COVID-19 and mandated it to urgently come up with additional measures to deal with the spike in cases.
NEC noted that “the country is now experiencing a huge resurgence of COVID-19 patients needing intensive care and the existing health facilities are fast becoming overwhelmed.”
Committee
The Committee, chaired by the Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa with the Governors of Lagos, Bauchi, Plateau, Kano, Anambra and the FCT Minister, has now been enlarged with the addition of the Governors of Ogun and Kaduna.
The Minister of Health is also a member of the Committee, while the Federal Ministers of Information and Youth and Sports have also been asked to join.
Also, Health and Information Commissioners in the States would also now be co-opted into the assignment. The Vice President asked the Committee to urgently develop innovative and new measures to curtail the spread of the disease, acting in the best interests of both the health and overall welfare of Nigerians.
Below are further highlights of today’s NEC meeting including the resolution as indicated in a press statement released by Laolu Akande, the spokesperson of Mr Osinbajo

God help us

Scamdemic

The 1,145 new cases recorded yesterday ; the highest so far; festive period is very much around the corner and people that will travel to their respective villages should please ensure strict adherence to the guidelines and protocols because the villagers are the most vulnerable; let us prevent Urban rural covid contract/transfer.

A proper precautionary motive need to put in place to avoid the further spread of COVID-19

We are in for something serious we just have to stay safe

this second wave is actually something that Nigerians should be expecting and as such we should be more responsible by following the NCDC guidelines; Social distancing, wearings masks, and washing hands frequently.
The second wave is as a result of plunging temperatures and the Covid19 virus we know does not like heat but prefers cold. one of the major reasons Africa has fared better than most other continents

By doing the right thing on this second wave of this Covid-19 we should wear our mask and please avoid crowd with that further spreading of COVID-19 will be less

We need to prepare ourselves eventualities the first wave should have thought us a lesson.
Safety precautions should come first

We are yet to be free from the last Covid19 pandemic, Nigerians need to do everything possible to to avoid the spread again ooo..

We need to prepare ourselves eventualities the first wave should have thought us a lesson. Safety precautions should come first

This is getting serious, may God continue to protect us