COVID-19: Bar Owners, Commercial Tricycle Operators Defy Govt

Bar owners and commercial tricycle operators popularly called Keke NAPEP have defied Bayelsa State Government’s precautionary directives to contain the spread of the coronavirus in the state.
The state government had directed operators of Keke NAPEP not to carry more than two passengers at the back while bar owners were asked to shut down.
Investigations however revealed the Keke NAPEP operators were carrying more than the prescribed two passengers while bar owners opened without the state task force calling them into questioning.
All the customers of the bar that opened ignored the social distancing measures and were freely mixing in defiance of the state government orders.
The Police were later deployed to the major roads in Yenagoa to conduct stop and search to ensure the Keke NAPEP comply with the directives of the state government.
Meanwhile the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Sunday, expressed satisfaction with the level of compliance with his administration’s directive to lockdown the state in a bid to check the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Senator Diri stated this during a tour of the state capital and the various land border points with Rivers and Delta at Igbogene toll gate and Adagbabiri respectively to assess the level of compliance with the restrictions.