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saasala:
Does this mean Dangote has foreseen the virus spreading all over Kano?

Kano does not have a single case yet and they are already building 600 bed space. Yesterday it was 240 bed isolation center in Anambra yet they have no confirmed case. Lagos is building multiple centres and begging American companies on Twitter for ventilators.

Is there something our leaders know that we dont know?

Is it that they are convinced within them that we will have countless thousands of cases in the country no matter how much we stay indoors?

We need to prepare for something big then. We are in it for big sh1t.

That is what it means by having a proactive government.

madridguy:
Shameless leaders with stone heart. Our legislooters recently acquired 2020 brand new SUVs but we need donors for vents to fight corona virus.



For my next world, God please i don't want to come back to Nigeria.

And you believe this crap. We don't even have 200 patients not to talk of need for 500 ventilators. Don't we have brains in this country?

KehindeDare:
It is well with them

Amen

agulion:
This corona should make sure it did the needed job, it should not just come and disturb us and go back, all of them should go including the lifeless one

Your family first

agwom:
https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/covid-19-status-of-20-govs-unknown.html

Stupid media. You only go for a test when you show symptoms of the virus. The media always capitalizing on the illiteracy of the people.

presidency:
STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE

COVID-19: WHAT PRESIDENT BUHARI HAS DONE, AND IS DOING, BY PRESIDENCY

In his broadcast to the nation on Sunday, March 29, 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari declared that “in Nigeria’s fight against Covid-19, there is no such thing as an overreaction or under-reaction. It is all about the right reaction by the right agencies and trained experts.”

Lest we forget, below is a chronicle of some of the reactions by the agencies and trained experts, under the leadership of President Buhari. All these are apart from the impressive job being done by some state governors.

· January 28, 2020, (one month before the first case of Corona Virus). Federal Government assured citizens of the country of its readiness to strengthen surveillance at five international airports in the country to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The government announced the airports as Enugu, Lagos, Rivers, Kano and the FCT.

· January 28: The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) also announced that it had already set up coronavirus group and was ready to activate its incident system if any case emerged in Nigeria.
· January 31: Following the developments on Covid-19 pandemic in mainland China and other countries worldwide, the Federal Government set up a Coronavirus Preparedness Group to mitigate the impact of the virus if it eventually spreads to the country. On the same day, the World Health Organization (WHO) listed Nigeria among other 13 African countries identified as high-risk for the spread of the virus.

· February 27: Nigeria reports its first Coronavirus case

· Early March: Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, announced that 60 persons who had contact with the index Italian patient were under isolation – 40 in Ogun State and 20 in Lagos State.
· March 9: President Buhari established a Presidential Task Force for the control of the virus in the country.

· March 17: Nigeria postponed the 20th National Sports Festival that was billed to hold in Benin City, Edo State from 22 March to 1 April.

· March 18: Presidential Task Force Press Briefing during which the Federal Government announced that travellers from 13 countries would no longer be allowed to enter Nigeria until the Coronavirus pandemic was over.

· Nigeria is restricting entry into the country for travellers from China, Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain, Japan, France, Germany, United States, Norway, United Kingdom, Netherlands & Switzerland. These are countries with over 1,000 cases domestically.

· The government also stopped issuance of visas from the countries.

· The Federal Government also suspended the issuance of visa on arrival to travelers from the earlier named countries. All travelers returning from these countries prior to the restriction will be in supervised self-isolation, monitored by NCDC and Port Health Services.

· March 18: The Management of the National Youth Service Corps suspended the 2020 Batch A stream one 21 days orientation exercise indefinitely. The orientation exercise commenced on 10 March and was expected to end on 30 March, before it was suspended after just 8 days.

· March 18: Nigeria placed a travel ban on 13 countries with high cases of the virus namely: United States, United Kingdom, South Korea, Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, China, Spain, Netherlands, Norway, Japan and Iran.

· March 18: The Nigeria Football Federation suspended all football activities for four weeks.

· March 19: Nigerian President’s daughter in isolation after returning from Britain.

· March 20: Nigerian government announced the closure of tertiary educational institutions, secondary and primary.

· March 20: Nigeria extended travel ban to two more countries, Sweden and Austria.

· March 20: Nigeria announced the closure of international airports in Enugu, Port Harcourt and Kano.

· March 21: The Nigerian Railway Corporation announced the suspension of all passenger services from 23 March.

· March 21: Nigeria announced the closure of the remaining two international airports in Abuja and Lagos.

· March 23: The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad ordered all courts in Nigeria to shut down from 24 March.

· March 23: Nigeria announced the suspension of Federal Executive Council, (FEC) and National Council of State (NCS) meetings indefinitely.

· March 23: The Independent National Electoral Commission announced suspension of all activities for 14 days.

· March 24: The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board suspends activities for two weeks.

· March 24: The National Examination Council announced an indefinite postponement of the 2020 common entrance examination into 104 Unity schools in Nigeria, which was scheduled to hold on 28 March.

· March 24: The Federal Capital Territory Administration ordered the immediate closure of shops in the markets and neighbourhood centres, except those selling food items, medicines and other essential commodities.

· March 24: FCT also directed the immediate suspension of gathering in churches and mosques.

· March 25: Government announced the closure of Asaba airport with effect from March 27; land borders from March 29.

· March 26: CBN announced Covid-19 fund contributions by seven Nigerian billionaires and banks. Access Bank Plc, Nigeria’s biggest lender by assets, is teaming up with Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, to provide treatment and isolation centres across Africa’s most populous nation as it braces for the impact of the coronavirus.

· March 26: Federal Government received 107 boxes of medical supplies from China, comprising surgical masks, protective clothing, face shields and detection kits.

· March 27: Federal Government released 10 Billion Naira to Lagos State, and 5 billion Naira special intervention fund to NCDC to equip, expand and provide personnel to its facilities and laboratories across the country.

· Closure of the nation’s international Airports and Land Borders for four weeks in the first instance, to enable the country put up the appropriate policies, processes and infrastructure to cope with suspected and confirmed cases at home, without risking compounding of the situation with more imported cases.

· Only cargo vessels that have been at sea for more than 14 days would be allowed to dock in the ports, after the crew have been tested and confirmed disease-free by the Port Health Authorities

· NCDC to draft all its recent retirees back into service to beef up manpower.

· Furthermore, all NCDC staff and experts who are away on training or international assignments are to return immediately. Nigerian Air Force (NAF) conducting an evacuation mission to bring back some of Nigerian specialists in Central Africa, to enable them support the national response.

· March 27: President Buhari commends the monetary policy authorities for their financial intervention to support entrepreneurs and companies. Government also looking at fiscal measures to minimise the negative impact of this pandemic on the livelihood of millions of Nigerians.

· Government begins the process of reviewing the federal budget.

· President Buhari directs the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, to work with the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), to ensure that production of essential items such as food, medical and pharmaceutical products continues.

· The Minister of Health stated that of the 65 Coronavirus cases, 40 had immediate travel history to one or more of the Coronavirus affected countries in the last two weeks;10 are close contacts of confirmed cases; 6 had neither a recent travel history nor a known contact and 6 were detected on an offshore oil vessel. He further revealed that, 3 persons had been discharged from treatment and one fatality was recorded. The Minister affirmed that 61 currently active cases are clinically stable with mild or moderate symptoms.

· The Minister of Health hinted that Lagos State is currently the epicentre of COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria, stating also that the Lagos State government and the ministry of health had scaled up their response activities as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control supports them as well as other affected states, through the rapid response teams deployed.

· The minister emphasised that health facilities and health workers at all levels should be on high alert and maintain a high index of suspicion to give full cooperation to contact tracers everywhere. He added that while train stations, land borders and international airports remained closed, precautionary measures should be taken by FG to protect sea ports.

· The minister emphasized the containment strategy of social distancing which he said, had been repeatedly announced. He added that directives had been issued at National and State levels to limit large gatherings, including religious, social and political gatherings, school events etc.

· March 27: A circular was issued by the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF) directing public servants on Grade Levels 12 and below on non-essential roles to work from home.

· Contact-tracing is on-going to identify persons who had been in close contact with confirmed cases.

· The Federal Ministry of Health is working closely with States and the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to review response activities, and initiate measures to protect the health and wellbeing of Nigerians. The Multi-Sectoral Emergency Operation Centre (EOC), led by NCDC coordinates it and other national response activities

· NCDC launched a WhatsApp APL, a free to use service to provide a central source of accurate, verified and current information on COVID-19 in Nigeria.

· The Minister of Health also emphasized that the NCDC hotline is available 24/7 and toll free and that various states also have hotlines that could be called for direct state specific questions on COVID-19, while urging citizens to use them legitimately for reporting and enquiries.

· March 29: Presidential Broadcast.

· March 30: President Buhari signs Covid-19 Regulations, 2020 into law.

· March 30: 11pm: Lockdown begins in FCT and Lagos, as directed by President Buhari.

Femi Adesina

Special Adviser to the President

(Media and Publicity)

April 1, 2020

Wow, our president did this Much!!!!
God bless President Buhari
God bless Nigeria

[quote author=nineone post=87993308]May everyone get the credit they deserve. What special thing is the FG doing? Can you name just one? The ones on the post are all lies. Tests were not conducted on people flying into the country as he claim. Which of the claim there is true? [/quote

So keeping you to stay at home to contain the virus is not a good step.

Educating everyone via radio and TV advert is bit good enough

Extending moratorium of government loans is not commendable?

Injecting 1 billion intervention funds to SMEs is a wrong step?

Treating covid patients free of charge and discharging 7 patientsbis not an effort

Oga, fear God

Excuzeme:
His knowledge of what is going on is so mundane and his writeup is more of a politcal propaganda, devoid of facts.
Imagine, asking which coutry has quarrantine returnee-citizens!

Nigeria is just beginning to climb its own "Mountain of infection", statistically speaking, other countries that are nearing or have "peaked", are evacuating their citizens out of Nigeria, (US, UK, Europe, etc) because they know that in about two weeks from now, Nigeria will be experiencing its own "peak of wahala" (God help us), judging by the rising numver of people testing positives and number of runaway contacts......and they dont want their citizens to be in the midst of such pandemic, in the Nigerian space where paid agents come online to write article about what the Govt wants to hear.

Then share your own facts. Do you realise we are a 200 million population? US with 350 million have thousands of cases and hundreds of death. What is your own yard stick

Joejonah:
In as much as you love the president, whenever he didn't do so well, please be confident and courageous enough to say it.

Now to counter your claims.

1. How many of those imported cases did you hear was isolated at the airport(point of entry), due to the effective temperature check? Do you know why there was none? Our Lagos airport officials treat some people as VIP.

2. Anyone arriving from high risk countries are suppose to self isolate. Did the chief of staff did that? So it suggest a failed follow up system.

3. If airport was closed since on March 1st, we wouldn't have had 95% of our imported cases and economic activities would still have been normal in Nigeria.

Do you know the procedure for shutting the borders. Almost all countries delayed in shutting its borders. Do you agree? Nigeria shut its borders earlier than many developed countries. Technically and relatively, we did well in this regard

Excuzeme:
No, l cant read.
I do not need to discredit the article because "if you argue with a fool, people wont know the difference and he or she will steal overun you with experience".
The only reason you are here jumping up and down to defend the rubbish he wrote is just because the President is Buhari, a fellow Northerner and Muslim.
Aside that, l know you have nothing else upstairs, but weldone all the same, Cowdung.

He pain am. What do you have to say. We are mature sensible people, be objective and let's have your facts too.

payperpost:
it shall not be well with you and Seun if you do not delete this account, do you pay me? look at these fools? ban this account and you will never see me on here ever again, I don't go back to my vomit.

brainless mofosss who can not differentiate between opinion and insult

Oga Seun, what are you waiting for, please shift delete papapa

Excuzeme:
Dont worry about that, he would write another epistle and put the blame on China.
We are still at the incubation stage and the BMO's are already patting themselves on the back.

Most people are refusing to even comment on the thread because the foolishness and reason behind it is just stomach churning!

He pain am. Nigeria will win this war by his grace

nineone:
There must be some reasons the virus is not spreading in Nigeria. The government shouldn't take any credit because they've done absolutely nothing. They are not testing and the ones that testing positive are complaining of lack of medical attention. The only right thing they did was lockdown orders but they also did that at the expense of the masses because no palliative measures were put in place

May God not take away the credit that you deserve. Amen

joyandfaith:
testing of suspected cases is what makes a difference

Did you read at all. Take your time sir. Shebi we are in lock down mode, so you should take your time to read before you comment.

taven:
Unless you see what we see , you shouldn't go around criticizing a damn thing we are saying. There's no advantage in deceiving yourself. Good and bad are distinct. But fools don't believe and fall straight into a hell of endless darkness without even knowing it. You're like a blind person who don't believe there's such a thing as light. Even if you explain it to them, they still don't believe, so go and seat down eee you know nothing just say lets us pray instead

What are you saying. You are communicating incoherently. Are you sure you never get Coro like this?

payperpost:
Seun, so you were paid to move this to front page to insult us right?

this is what Linda ikeji or yabaleft will not do, well enjoy it while it last.

what has buhari done? his chief of staff imported the virus to Nigeria and you are here telling us nonsense, even the Italian reported himself and now doing fine. Covid 1 . 9

What are you waiting for? Delete your account and move to Linda now. Abi who hold you now. The question is, what do you have to say about the write up? Is it a lie?

Oche211:
Good...
Actually, hatred has blinded so many people to reality.
Personally, my only issues with the FG was the fact that they failed to close our airports earlier than they did.
At the moment, it will be useless comparing naija style of handling the pandemic with that of other countries. We are better Biko.
USA and Europe is overwhelmed.
We should thank God and commend our officials especially the doctors.
They have been awesome.
This isn't the time for sentiment or hate filled ranting like most wailers do.

God will continue to bless you. I love this write up.

Excuzeme:
Serious Gibberish.
Dont mind all these paid and unpaid, APC Minions.
The fact that he started his propaganda tale with the word "Wailers", esposed where his sympathy lies.

A govt that does not have the commonsense to ban flights and quarrantine people travelling from "High Risk Countries" like Italy, Spain, US and the UK, into Nigeria, including Abba Kyari and the Presidents daughter, when the Virus was already in a pandemic stage in the UK and those countries, especially Italy, is the one that the guy is praising?

He really must be high on some cheap 'shots'.

A Govt that does not know nor put into consideration, the nature and poverty level of at least 70% of Nigerians, who live on day-to-day earnings but wants to copy America and Europe in instituting a lockdown of over 40Million people, is what he wants us to consider as successful? A Govt that puts the Cart before the Horse?

A Govt that lies to its people and hides the details of the infection, a Govt that is so clueless as to know that Nigerians are not used to nor would adhere to "Self Quarrantine" is the one he is clapping forr?

A Govt that is chasing 5over 5,000 infected Contacts who are busy infecting other in the populace, a Govt that cant even handle ordinary arrival documentation of New arrivals at the airport, is what he wants us to give a standing ovation?

How much is this article worth? A bucket of Poopoo.

Anyway, hypocrites and praise-singers looking to take a bite of the National loot are not in short supply in this Nigeria, by their words, you shall know them.
I dont need any lame response, that epistle is enough.

I am sure you can read. Do you have anything to discredit the message? Leave the messenger for now

Benda59:
Nigeria was shouting that her air borders was opened to the world when other developed countries were shutting theirs, I am 100% because I observed closely. If you think we doing good with the pandemic wait till this time next month. Una eye go clear by then. God's in charge ❤️

We know that is what you are waiting for. The God we serve in this country will not allow this pandemic grow beyond our capacity and neither will the pandemic get to my house or yours by his grace. Be positive. Life is short for hatred

tot:
Coming from a chief ZOMBIE, certainly can't take this thread serious.

Then delete yasef

Many people on this thread but they are quiet. There is nothing Buhari does that makes sense to them.

Amaa2019:
Wonders shal never end, see the same person who talk say Northern gov quick close skul cos them no wan learn (dem prefer illiteracy) today na same man dey talk why govt no close skul from day1

Those are PDP agents. They are seriously pained that the government is managing the situation well.

oz4real83:
As developed as Italy, USA and many other countries are, they are still finding it difficult to contain the virus how much more under-developed Nigeria , and yet, the Nigerian govt was quiet to the plea of many Nigerians that all our borders should be closed until the virus is contained. It is when the virus has finally entered the country before the govt decided to listen to the plea of the people. May God continue to protect us from these sort of leaders we have in Nigeria. May their souls rest in peace.

Just say you are sad that the government is managing the situation well. Developed countries are recording huge death and yet we have none.

FactBoyz:
Meanwhile Microbiology graduates in Nigeria cannot find job to research hence becoming tailors an makeup artists...

Buhari is yet to address the nation. Take me back to the Goodluck Jonathan days when we had Labaran Maku (information minister) who must have been interviewed already, talking in a well refined and lively manner. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala who must have advised the government on the best economic approach to take, and GEJ himself who must have addressed the nation.


Take me back to the GEJ days.. I am fed up with incompetence and backwardness and acute zombieism

That's our problem, playing politics with everything. Are you deaf and dumb to all government plans and instructions

bigjay01:
when i grow up, i'd like to be collecting such amount like you.
Meanwhile no de harass us with figures na? a lot of us also collect tidy sums, no need to be bandying figures upandan

Bro no vex. I just dey super proud of myself. BTW, its not up to a million but very good sum. I wish I had started investing way back.

Michael820:
Hi, house.

I am very new to stock investment, I majorly invest in money market mutual fund but with the current cut in TB rate which drives mutual fund rate to around 5-6% and inflation around 12% I was forced to look into stock, so I both Mtn stock (@129) and GTB(@28) but with the current market condition I am really getting scared of my position. would you advise I count my lose and sell or I should just wait? I was expecting Mtn to at least rise cause of there good quarterly report but na lie..

Any input is well appreciated.

thanks

Oga chill. Stock market is a market for the brave. No issues here bro, you need some patience

I have not gotten my 1 million naira zenith alert. I have checked my email 50 times today. Eshin baddest. Ogun owo

MansoryMX:
Make una continue to dey deceive una sef. Na when people begin fall ill up and down before una go know the kind useless government we have.

He pain am. Go import corona give ur family naw

ogbuefi677:
Nigerians and their gullibility.
Sanusi was removed cos he spoke 4 d girlchild,yet mofo married a 17yr old as 4th wife to celebrate his ascendance to the throne.
Sanusi was dethroned for condemning almajiri system yet mofo spent billions of naira to renovate his palace, acquired 2 new Rolls Royce cars worth hundreds of millions each but never built a single primary school block.
Even though he claimed his friends asked him what they could do for him and he requested the cars,couldn't he have told them to build schools in his name instead?
Same story when he was in CBN, would charter private jet to go to Lagos to sleep with his married mistress who was also his staff at d expense of CBN,yet una wan canonize am.
This is the same way buhari was able to scam una.

Talking authoritatively like you have evidence. Its a pity. Where you there ?

Mrexcell:
You people should not boast yet u don't know if there are any other infected foriegn nationals who have entered the country undedected and are spreading the virus quietly in Nigeria. The infected Italian man came into Nigeria without getting screened and dedected in the airport how sure are we that there are no also other infected foriegners who hoave successfully entered Nigeria?

Maybe another Italian locks around your family

dkdmy:
I just keep thinking, what would it cost the government to provide prepaid meters for everyone?
What kind of bad leadership do we have in this country?

What rubbish are you saying. It is now owned by the Discos and not Governments property. Government provided them with intervention funds thrice and nothing was done by the Discos

InfoSources:
I don't know but I do not live in America, neither am I an American, but I call this man MY PRESIDENT because I dont know what to call the one I have here. God bless Donald John Trump.

Make America Great Again 2016
Keep America Great 2020.

Just look at the pic below and see security leaders that mean business.. Mark Milley's face though

Praising a president that has 1,700 cases over our own with just 2 cases and no death. I am not sure your brain is working