COVID-19: Aisha Buhari Calls For Total Lockdown

The First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, yesterday, called for total lockdown across the country in a bid to fight COVID-19.
Mrs. Buhari, who made the call on her Twitter handle, @aishambbuhari, said as much as governors’ decision to shut schools is commendable, it will yet be counter-productive as long as parents of school children go to work.
According to her, keeping children away from school while exposing their parents to contacts with people will make no difference as the exposed parents will return to meet their children at home.
She reasoned that only a total lockdown and sit at home declaration can avoid further spread of the disease.
“It is commendable that state governors have closed down schools; however, this could be counterproductive if parents are still going to work.
“We should not isolate students and expose their parents.
“It us remember that they will meet at home.
“#TotalLockDown.”
Also, with the escalating number of people testing positive to Coronavirus, workers of the Federal Government may be asked to stay away from their offices beginning today or Wednesday.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave the hint at a press conference in Abuja, yesterday.
He said the Presidential Committee on Coronavirus met in the morning of yesterday, and made several stringent recommendations on how to contain the spread of the disease.
“Once those recommendations are approved, there should be announcements in on what next to do”, he said while noting, however, that government was mindful of the fact that most Nigerians were in the informal sector which must go out daily for survival.
However, the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai has said the state government would not hesitate to impose curfew if the people continue to violate the restriction orders as advised by the relevant authorities over the Coronavirus (COVID-19) ravaging the globe.
This is just as he ordered that workers below level 12 in the state should stay at home.
In a state broadcast to the people of the state, yesterday, the governor noted that while some people have complied with the government directives of restricting their movements while others have failed to comply.
According to him, given the limited resources and facilities to tackle the disease, the government has a responsibility to deplore preventive measures to prevent its citizens from the dreaded disease ravaging the globe.
He said: “The state government will not hesitate to impose a state-wide curfew, should that become the only way to enforce compliance and make everyone understand the collective danger that we face.
“The emphasis on prevention is the only logical thing to do because our health system cannot cope with an outbreak of COVID-19.
“It is better to impose restrictions and save lives than to be complacent and bury victims. Countries that have hesitated to impose extraordinary measures to contain Coronavirus are now regretting. We have a chance to avoid such mistakes”.