COVID-19: Kaduna Imposes Curfew

Kaduna State Government has imposed curfew following what it called non-compliance to certain measures put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19.
The Deputy Governor, Dr Hadiza Balarabe, who made this known yesterday, in the second state broadcast in two days, said that the decision is in line with the 1999 constitution.
She also said churches and mosques will be shut and there will no congregational prayers or services either within the places of worship or outdoors.
She warned that any workship centre that violates the order will have its title forfeited and site removed.
According to her, the decision is ‘’in exercise of the powers vested in the Governor by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, (as amended), Sections 2 and 8 of the Quarantine Act 1926 and the Kaduna State Public Health Law of 1917.’’
Balarabe said Kaduna State has therefore ‘’been declared a public health area, Coronavirus, otherwise known as Covid-19, is hereby declared as a dangerous, infectious disease within the meaning of the Quarantine Act.’
The Deputy Governor said that State Standing Committee on COVID-19 prevention met yesterday to review global and national developments relating to the coronavirus pandemic.
According to her: ‘’The Committee also considered reports of unsatisfactory compliance levels with the preventive measures that have been outlined by the government in repeated announcements, and with increasing severity, over the past seven days.’’