If truly the deputy engaged in corrupt practices (which is the alleged cause of the problem between the two), then Makinde may be forced to act since he likes to project himself as being 'anti-corruption'.
Lagos To Discharged Patients: Self-isolate For 14 Days
LAGOS State Government has advised discharged COVID—19 patients to go on self-isolation for 14 days.
Commissioner for Health, Dr. Akin Abayomi, gave the advice on Sunday during the briefing on Coronavirus management.
The state government has set up telephone hotlines to enable residents report anyone or persons flouting its guidelines on easing the lockdown in the state from today.
The hotlines are: 0901-051-3197, 0901-051-3198 and 0901051-3199.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu,who launched the “whistle blower” hotlines yesterday, also said that civil servants below level 15 will not resume work Tuesday
Sanwo-Olu said, “We are encouraging all Lagosians to be on the lookout for those who flout the orders and directives on easing of the lockdown. They should be reported through the hotlines by direct calls or text messages.
”We will investigate all reports, and ensure that we take appropriate action. Penalties and sanctions will be accordingly meted out to all those found contravening the directives.”
The governor clarified that the controlled easing of the lockdown will last six weeks, in three phases of two weeks each.
”The goal is to enable us achieve a balance between the protection of lives and the sustenance of livelihoods. Following each phase, the Federal and State Governments will review the situation and further adjust the response”, he said.
Sanwo-Olu added that all movements in and out of Lagos remained prohibited, except for people carrying out essential services or transporting essential products such as agro products, petroleum products, relief items, construction materials and registered courier services.
He added that from Tuesday, all civil servants in the state are to remain at home.
His words. “From Tuesday, May 5, only critical staff on Grade Levels 15 and above, and who have also been specifically adjudged as critical staff by their accounting officers will be expected to go to work.
”In the same vein, all staff of the Local Government and Local Council Development Area Offices in the state are expected to remain at home at this time, unless directed by their LGA or LCDA Chairmen.
”All open markets and stores will be allowed to operate on alternate days between the hours of 9am and 3pm. Markets and stores selling food items will open on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, while Markets and stores selling all other Items, excluding food, will open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
“Private sector companies and businesses will be permitted to operate within a limited framework. What this means is that any offices and businesses that chooses to open are allowed to open only between 9am and 3pm daily; and must limit the number of staff on the business premises to no more than 60 percent of full capacity, at any point in time.
”Commercial / Commuter operations within Lagos State shall be between the hours of 6am and 7pm daily. This applies only to motor vehicles. All commercial motorcycle operations in Lagos State are hereby suspended until further notice. Tricycles operating in unrestricted areas must not carry more than two passengers per trip.
”Frontline workers across all levels are, however expected to continue working.”
Giving update on the health situation, Sanwo-Olu said, “As at May 2, 2020, we had 1,084 confirmed cases, while 247 have been treated and discharged. In terms of active cases, we have 791 cases; and very sadly, we have now lost 28 persons to the pandemic”.
•FG escalates deployment, opens three additional mobile test centres
•Kano, a litmus test in battle against pandemic, Atiku posits
•If only we’d shut down earlier, number won’t stop climbing till June, July, says Fayemi
•NCDC reports 220 new cases, total now 2,388 confirmed cases, 385 discharged and 85 deaths
•SGF: With everyone’s cooperation battle is winnable
•Osinbajo optimistic Nigeria will come out stronger
•Buhari commends media for role in fight against virus
Our Correspondents
Anxiety has continued to mount over Kano State, especially its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, believed to be responsible for the growing number of deaths recorded daily in the state.
People of the state are now living in fear of the unknown, many have started to leave the ancient city in droves and may be inadvertently spreading the virus to neighbouring states.
Relatedly, yesterday the federal government escalated its containment efforts by opening additional three mobile testing centres to strengthen the war against the virus in the state.
Curiously however, Governor Abdulahi Ganduje, has despite the disturbing situation in the state, relaxed the lockdown order for Ramadan purposes, with increased deaths in the last 24 hours, including the passing of the Emir of Rano, Alhaji Tafida Abubakar Ila and the state’s Head of Communications, UNICEF, Malam Rabiu Musa. These have further heightened fear of residents. Particularly worrisome many of the almajiris who have left the city have tested positive to the coronavirus.
Also, in obedience to Islamic injunctions, which prescribe immediate burial for Muslims, the cause of a majority of the deaths have been largely unknown, fuelling speculations between some unknown and unverified illness and the ravaging COVID-19 because testing is not being done.
But the Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, yesterday, said the current spate of community spread of COVID-19 could have been averted had the country shut down its borders earlier than it did in late March.
Fayemi, who said the situation has though not affected the commendable response of the Nigerian governments at all levels to the challenge posed by the pandemic, however hinted that the numbers would not stop climbing until sometime in June or July, when the curve would begin to flatten.
Yesterday night at 11. 55pm NCDC disclosed that 220 new cases had been confirmed bringing the total cases so far to 2388, while those discharged stood at 385 and deaths so far stood at 85. Lagos top yesterday confirmed cases with 62 new cases, followed be FCT with 52 cases, Kaduna 31, Sokoto 13, Kebbi 10, Yobe 9, Borno 6, Edo 5, Bauchi 5, Gombe 4, Enugu 4, Oyo 4, Zamfara 3, Nasarawa 2, Osun 2, Ebonyi 2, Kwara 2, Kano 2, Plateau 2.
This notwithstanding, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha has said the battle against COVID-19 was winnable but with the full cooperation and support of the Nigerian people by adhering to all the safety rules and protocols.
In the same spirit, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, while participating in an annual event, The Platform, hosted by Pastor Poju Oyemade and which held its first online edition in lieu of the COVID-19 challenge, said Nigeria and Nigerians would get through this phase together, much stronger economically and as a people because of their resilience.
Not unexpectedly, however, President Muhammadu Buhari, while celebrating the World Press Freedom Day today, recognised and commended the Nigerian media “for the good work they have done, and are still doing,” as the country intensifies the fight against COVID-19.
But commenting on the state of the nation as far as the battle against the virus is concerned, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Saturday, drew attention of the nation to the situation in Kano, which he referred to as a litmus test in the concerted efforts to defeat Covid-19.
Also, in a move that showed increasing capacity in the fight against Coronavirus, the Edo State government claimed it had screened over 40,000 persons in the state for Covid-19, albeit leveraging a strategic partnership with private hospitals, clinics and pharmacies to complement the screening exercise ongoing across designated government centres.
Meanwhile, the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has opposed moves by the House of Representatives to pass the Infectious Disease Control Bill without recourse to the laid down procedure of public hearing to allow Nigerians participate in the process of making the law.
A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, said, “This is especially as the bill seeks to prescribe clauses on critical issues, particularly that of vaccination, which has become globally controversial in the face of raging conspiracy theories on the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Ganduje, who announced the relaxation of the lockdown order by twelve hours in a week, meaning six hours each day from 10am to 4pm on Mondays and Thursdays, made this known at a press briefing organised by the State Taskforce on Covid-19, held at the Government House, Saturday.
He added that all the major markets in the state would remain closed, except Ya’nkaba and Ya’nlemo markets, where vegetables and fruits are sold.
Ganduje further stated that all supermarkets in the state would be allowed to operate within the six-hour timeframe, adding that customers must follow the Covid-19 protocols before they access the places.
“We have provided facemasks to be distributed to the people. I directed chairmen of the local government to also provide the facemasks for their people. Afterwards, we will make it compulsory to everybody to wear it,” he said.
He also expressed hope that with the increase in testing centers, the state would stamp out the pandemic, announcing that Aliko Dangote had donated mobile testing centers with capacity of testing 400 samples in a day and 1000 sample in a week.
“The more we are getting the test, the more people who contracted the virus would be exposed and the more we stamp out the disease in our state.
“What we just want is for the public to adhere strictly to the protocols of the COVID-19 and abide by the lockdown order in order to break the chain of the transmission,”
The governor also assured the public that the more they abide by the lockdown order, the more the government would be relaxing the directive as it monitors the situation.
Unfortunately, the governor is believed not to have paid deserving attention to the increasing number of deaths in the state, which observers believed were caused by COVID-19, even though the state refused to admit it was true.
The Emir of Rano, who died yesterday at a hospital in the state, passed away at the age of 74.
Turakin Rano and House of Representatives Member of Rano, Kibiya and Bunkure, Alhaji Kabir Alhassan Rururm, confirmed the death
Rururm said the late emir, who was survived by 17 children and two wives, would be buried this evening (yesterday) in the emirate.
Son of the Kaduna State governor, Bello El-Rufai, took to his Twitter handle @B_El-RUFAI to mourn the late monarch, when he wrote: “May the gentle soul of the Emir of Rano, Alhaji Tafida Abubakar, rest in peace. May Allah SWT grant his family the fortitude to bear this loss. It’s tragic news everywhere we turn.”
The UNICEF representative, also away at the age of 60 and his death was confirmed, according NAN, by his son, Musa Rabiu.
“My dad died at about 3.am on Saturday, after battling sickness for a few days. Although we noticed symptoms we suspected to be of Coronavirus, the result of the test conducted is not out yet.
“A week ago, he complained of a sore throat and malaria, but after a few days, of medication, he became normal. A few days later, he complained that he was finding it difficult to breathe.
“He also complained that no matter how short he walked, he lost his breath. So, he was taken to the National Orthopaedic Hospital in Dala, on Friday, where he gave up.”
He was immediately buried according to Islamic rites.
Shedding more light on what the country could have done differently, to stem the climbing numbers, Fayemi explained that, “We could have shut down earlier. Everything that came in came from abroad. We didn’t get Coronavirus here.
“So, if we had shut down, say like March 1, the situation could have been different. Malawi that is said to have the best record now in terms of Covid-19 shut down since February.
“So, between February 27 and March 29 is a pretty long time of traffic into Nigeria across all the airlines. And by the time we shut down the borders, we already had too many in,” he explained, insisting the government wasn’t doing badly still in the management of the situation.
Fayemi’s views, however, tallied with those of his Lagos State counterpart, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who said days ago that 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 spoke this during an Instalive interview with CNN on Wednesday.
Apart from shutting down the borders a bit late, another factor Fayemi reckoned could have accounted for the high number of new cases was the testing capacity of the country, which made it difficult to ascertain the number of carriers and non-carriers.
“After that, our testing capacity is also limited. We have five testing centres across the country. There are two in Lagos; one in Abuja; one in Ede in Osun and one in Irua, Edo. That’s all. But that also affected, because we couldn’t tell who had it or did not.”
Importantly, the Ekiti governor said, evidence suggested that, “The number is still on the upswing and will continue till June/July. That’s why the inter-state boundary shutdown is more important as against the intra-state approach.”
Fayemi said it was the same thinking that informed NGF’s suggestions to the president before his last address to the nation on the things that needed to be done, noting that the president bought into all their ideas and adopted them.
On his part, the SGF, Mustapha, while soliciting cooperation with the confidence that the battle was winnable said, “We’re not losing the battle and doing all we can. But the battle is not certain. However, as long as we have the cooperation and support of the Nigerian people, we’ll flatten the curve.
“And what do we need to flatten the curve? Observing physical distancing, wearing facemasks and staying safe at home except it is an essential trip that needs to be made. We must understand that this is an uncharted terrain and there’s nothing other than taking it a step at a time.
“We’ll get on top of this. I have no doubt. The prediction is that it would continue for a long time until we find a vaccine or able to build immunity. But, for now, let’s join hands together. There’s been a major disruption in our lives and we must cooperate to defeat Covid-19.”
Charging Nigerians to be resolute in the fight against a common enemy, Osinbajo, who was optimistic that the country and Nigerians would come out of it stronger, contended that,“There are a lot of challenges but they offer significant opportunities for us to turn things around.”
According to him, “I am very confident that Nigerians, with our resilience, our strength and our innovation, we will go through this in great shape,” reeling off some of the federal government’s efforts to address the economic fallouts of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Specifically on how the country could transform the challenges caused by the pandemic into opportunities for economic diversification and job creation, Osinbajo said prioritising use of local resources and creating local jobs in the construction and allied industry, amongst other things, would be critical in sustaining the economy in the post COVID-19 era.
“We have to prioritise the use of local resources in all public works. In road construction, for instance, it is cheaper to build concrete roads using limestone than spending resources on the importation of bitumen. We have limestone in abundance hence we should be looking in that direction. The road from the Apapa port to the Lagos –Ibadan expressway is being built with cement and is of high quality.
“In the housing sector, where we have a huge deficit, we need to focus on using local resources to build houses and in the process we will be creating opportunities for young engineers, architects and builders etc.”
In the area of agriculture, the vice president said government’s initial policies had saved the country from the huge forex burden of food imports and related activities.
“We think that by ramping up agriculture, especially, small holder agriculture and improving the value chain, especially in storage and processing facilities, more jobs will be created for many young people.
“We have found ourselves in a situation, where we realise that the way to go is to support the creation of the jobs in agriculture and reduce food imports and ultimately, address the issue of unemployment and food shortages. What we must do as much as we can is to change the narrative about Nigeria and provide more jobs.”
Still on how to mitigate the fallouts of the Covid-19 pandemic such as inflation, Osinbajo said government would focus on improving productivity and improving food stock across the country.
“If you can ramp up food production and the logistics of bringing food to the urban centres, inflation will be controlled to a large extent,” he said, adding that boosting agricultural production for export purposes and supporting the mining sector would also bolster the country’s foreign exchange earnings and reserves.
President Buhari has however recognised the role of the Nigerian media and commended them “for the good work they have done, and are still doing,” as the country intensifies the fight against COVID-19.
Buhari, a statement by his media adviser, Mr. Femi Adesina, stated, recognised the role of the press in educating and informing the public in the face of the desperation of the Coronavirus to overrun humanity.
“We cannot overemphasise the role of the media in keeping people informed and educated on the pernicious virus, which has no friend or foe. It simply seeks to mow down anyone and everyone in its path, and public awareness is very important, lest we become like sitting ducks. The media are doing this quite effectively,” he said.
He, however, charged them to remain steadfast “till we get to safe harbour, when the world, and our country are finally free of this greatest health challenge in recent history.”
Reflecting on the theme of this year’s World Press Freedom Day tagged: “Media for Democracy: Journalism and Elections in Times of Disinformation,” Buhari noted that Nigeria has what he described as a very unhealthy experience of disinformation, fake news and hate news, which he said were purveyed by people using the media platforms, particularly the digital variant and regretted the adverse effects of fake news in the society.
“They don’t mean well for us, and no country can afford to close its eyes to the evil disinformation can cause. In a plural polity like ours, it has the potential to rupture relationships, sow seeds of discord, and set on the path of destabilisation.
“When fake and hate news are added unabashedly, it can only signpost doom. I urge the Press to use the occasion of World Press Freedom Day to see how this can be vigorously tackled,” the president was also quoted.
President, therefore, pledged to remain committed to the ideals of freedom of the press, pointing out that democracy thrives better in an atmosphere of transparency, as opposed to opacity.
“We appreciate the cooperation we have enjoyed from the media in tackling the Coronavirus, and look forward to same, post Covid-19, when all hands must be on deck to repair the damages done to our economic and social lives, “Buhari stated.
But sharing his concern on the Kano situation, Abubakar, who drew the attention of the nation to the development in the state, which he would rather term a litmus test to winning the battle against Covid-19, called on the federal government and all the agencies involved in the fight against the pandemic to collaborate with the Kano State government to stem the spread.
Atiku stressed that checkmating the pandemic in Kano was one sure way of ensuring the safety of people in the surrounding states to Kano, other parts of the North and the country.
While expressing his deepest condolences over the spate of deaths in the state in recent times, he counseled that efforts should be geared towards providing plausible explanation of the situation for the good of the people of the state.
In the same stretch, Abubakar has expressed sympathy and solidarity with the family of a media mogul, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi and members of his family, who tested positive for Covid-19.
The former vice president however called on all well-meaning Nigerians to put the matter of the speedy recovery of Dokpesi and his family, and other victims of the Covid-19 pandemic in prayers.
Atiku described Dokpesi as a patriotic and law-abiding Nigerian for the way he cooperated with the NCDC to carry out the test on him, his staff and entire family when it was earlier discovered that his son had tested positive.
He noted that Dokpesi was not among those people, who because of their position and influence shied away from performing a civic duty, sayimg, “He is indeed a role model worthy of emulation”.
I don't blame dem. The North has become the defacto epicentre of COVID-19. Abuja especially should really watch it because as FCT and owing to its location and proximity to the likes of Kano and Kaduna, COVID-19 will always be close by.
Honestly, I hope government won't regret easing this lockdown too early. If you have nothing to do out there just sit down in your house because this thing will so spread eh.
In a way he is correct. Case in point, the first recorded COVID-19 related fatality in Oyo State travelled from Kano to the State. He was dead within 3 days. Another recent Oyo case is also a kano import. Kano has so far spread COVID-19 to a number of neighbouring Northern states.
Guy, your have really wronged your wife. Call her privately and kneel down and apologise to her. Hopefully she will forgive you so that you two can mend your broken marriage. You really messed up bro.
edoairways: nairavsdollars asked a logical question. How come Tinubu's CSO tested positive and died of the disease but Tinubu tested negative. This should of concern to you and other Lagosians. Did his CSO actually died of Covid or another disease?
There is nothing logical about the question, you child of hate. Seunmsg has already given you a perfectly apt answer. Since you are more concerned about the veracity of the result than Tinubu, Lagosians, and NCDC, why not go ahead and conduct your own independent test on him na, and when that result also comes out negative, you can go further to contract COVID-19 and maybe infect Tinubu with it, since it is obvious that nothing short of a positive result would suffice for a child of hate like you.
Op, what exactly is your wahala about NCDC's test result of Tinubu? Is it that you want so badly for him to have tested positive? To what end? If you reject the result, what next? Will you also reject the other results they've so far declared? Shey you will go and conduct another test on Tinubu until you get the positive result you so desire? Some of you guys take this political bitterness business too far.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has described as unfounded and misleading, reports that it will shift the Edo and Ondo governorship elections slated to hold later this year.
INEC had fixed September 19 and October 10 respectively for the elections before the outbreak of the pandemic.
One of the National Dailies had reported that the Commission will shift the dates of the governorship elections as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic.
But the Commission described the report as speculative and incorrect, adding that it gives a totally wrong impression.
Chief Press Secretary to the INEC National Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, said that the decision to change the dates already announced for the elections is a serious matter, which only the Commission can take.
According to him, “let me state here that the decision to change the dates already announced for the two elections is a very serious matter. Only the Commission can take that decision and it has to be officially communicated via a press statement.
“However, it appears that what some Editors are really looking for is for INEC to declare that it is postponing the Edo & Ondo governorship elections. But they cannot and should not put words in the Commission’s mouth! There is nowhere in Okoye’s response where he expressly declared that the elections will be postponed.
“So casting the headline:” INEC to Shift Edo, Ondo Guber Polls”, is speculative and incorrect. It gives a totally wrong impression. A lot of people will believe the headline without reading the story”.
horsepower102: That is not true, I do not start any thread to insult any group. But if I know a bitter truth that must be said I won’t hesitate to say it. That’s why some people don’t like me. I say things the ways I see them.
If a situation or country is not working out, I will say it. I won’t hold my tongue and pretend that all is well like some Nigerians love to do.
Some people label you hateful or tribalist when you say the truth that makes them uncomfortable. That’s just the fact of life I have come to accept.
You and I know that this forum has a very bad reputation of being infested with tribalists, ethnic supremacists and jingoists, and I put it to you that you are an enabler of that reputation because threads like this always get hijacked by ethnic jingoist and tribalists. Yorubas and igbos are the biggest culprits in this regard, as they see threads like this as an opportunity to denigrate each other. You probably see this sort of ethnically laced threads as a way of validating your own biases. Continue you hear. Hopefully one day you and your ilk will grow up.
horsepower102: Did I insult or attack any group on this thread?
Did I claim any group is superior?
Did anyone care to ask reasonable questions related to the topic?
If the answer is No then what’s the problem?
Most of your threads on this forum are usually divisive and laced with tribalistic intent, from my observation. I want to believe that you are an adult. Why do you like these sort of threads that you know will likely lead to tribal fights? For now (at least) we are all Nigerians, so we should strive to promote discussions that will foster understanding between the various tribes in this country, not one that will lead to enmity and bad blood. Learn to be a bridge builder instead of always creating divisive threads.
The Ogun government on Wednesday said the three new cases of coronavirus recorded in the state were Nigerians returning to the country from Togo.
The Commissioner for Health in Ogun, Dr Tomi Coker, disclosed this in Abeokuta during an inspection tour of the Intensive Care Unit of a 250-bed public hospital at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Coker explained that the three new cases were among the eight returnees from Togo travelling to Sokoto and Jos.
She noted that the returnees, the driver and the bus conductor, who were 10 in number, were stopped at the border of Imeko-Afon.
The commissioner added that three of them tested positive to the virus within 48 hours of testing while five tested negative, with two awaiting result of the test.
“About 72-hours ago,we had eight returnees from Togo heading toward Sokoto and Jos. We housed them here with a driver and a bus conductor, making 10 of them.
“We ran a test on them about 48 hours ago and out of the 10, we got eight results of which three were positive.
“They are Nigerian citizens, returning back to the nation. They were met at the border of Imeko; we were notified of their return.
” They are Nigerians returning from Togo. The important thing is that these are reported cases and if we don’t deal with them now, we may have issues of community spreading,” she said.
The commissioner maintained that five cases were transferred from Lagos to Ogun because the patients were from the same cluster and got tested in Lagos.
She encouraged the people of the state to take advantage of the mobile testing across the 20 Local Government Areas of the state to know their status.
“So, I must encourage everyone, we are out in the 20 Local Government Areas.
” We are testing each ward each day for the next 14 days so that we can avoid community spread because once we have community spread, we will have a challenge on our hands.
“However, we should expect that we are going to keep on having a ramping up of numbers.
“As we announced, we started testing population base since yesterday. When we do more tests, we are likely to have more results that are positive and the state is prepared.
” As we all know, we have four isolation centers, this being the fourth one. Ikenne has the highest capacity which is 128 beds, OOUTH has 25 beds and Iberekodo has 72 beds.
“So we are ready to scale up. We have also identified sites where we can scale up into if we come to a situation of exhausting our capacity of 300,” Coker said.
The Director General of NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekwazu, commended the state government for its level of preparedness in responding to the pandemic.
“We are really impressed with the momentum here and obviously this facility is one of them and we have been to several others and we are impressed by the progress made so far,” he said.
According to the report contained in the video below, police have launched a manhunt for 50 kenyans that escaped from mandatory quarantine. . Are the isolation/quarantine centres in Kenya that bad, that people are escaping from them? Let us all pray for Kenya.
obaaderemi: ReynoldsConstruction Company is located in Nigeria. You said earlier on that you gave the job to the Nigerian company based on its work in Abuja.
Come on, are you afraid of your fellow little Indians? Show us what you have been able to do with the road since you took it back. Is that difficult?
Bro, abeg ask your kenyan friends what is going on with their COVID-19 response. Because the news we are hearing from there is not palatable at all. Even heard that they are making them pay for quarantine sef (as you can see in the 4th attached image). . What's going on in Kenya That place looks like a concentration camp.
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday commissioned a 70-bed #COVID19 isolation and treatment centre located within the premises of Landmark Exhibition Center in Eti-Osa Local Government Area.
The 70-bed Isolation Centre which was constructed by the Young President Organization (YPO), Lagos State Chapter has a dedicated ten-bed intensive care isolation unit, four ventilators, monitors, respirators, mobile x-ray, ultrasound and oxygen.
Sanwo-Olu said the facility will provide additional capacity to support the already existing isolation facilities in the State adding that the birth of the facility signifies a working and fruitful collaboration between the public and the private sector.
He explained further that the unveiling of the facility is a clear demonstration and commitment of his administration to all-inclusive system of governance.
“What we have seen here today is another demonstration of Private Public Partnership (PPP) collaboration between the State government and a Consortium; the Young President Organization which is peopled by crop of professionals from different fields coming together to fund this laudable project”, the Governor said.
While commending YPO for the project, Sanwo-Olu said the facility has been taken over by the State government but will be operated in collaboration with the organization.
He expressed satisfaction with the level of preparedness of the medical professionals that will man the facility stressing that the facility is ready to commence patient admission.
“We have taken over this facility but it will be operated in collaboration with the private sector. I am happy with the level of preparedness I have seen. I am happy with the level of professional staff that will be operating this facility. This facility is ready to go and I am sure either today or tomorrow we will start admitting people into this facility”, Sanwo-Olu said.
Earlier, the Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyo Onigbanjo coordinated the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on the operation and management of the facility between the Lagos State Government represented by the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi and representative of YPO, Tatiana Mousalli
80 clinical and non-clinical staff including doctors and nurses and intensive care professionals who have been trained on Infection Prevention and Control as well as COVID19 case management will man the facility.
Also present at the event were the Lagos State Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola, Commissioner for Information, Mr. Gbenga Omotosho and Permanent Secretaries in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Olusegun Ogboye and Health Service Commission, Dr. Muyiwa Eniayewun.
Nigerians and barbarism. Smh. Were they engaging in homosexual acts in public? Because I don't see why they are being dehumanized in this manner over their sexual orientation. We have a long way to go in this country.
Politics › Re: Lagos Governor Pays For Quarantine Of Nigerian Returnees From West Africa by afroniger: 12:04am On May 17, 2020
. What's going on in Kenya
That place looks like a concentration camp.
