COVID-19: NDBDA Seeks Increased Sensitisation Campaign

Disturbed by the rising cases of positive case of the dreaded Coronavirus in Nigeria, the Niger Delta Basin Development Authority (NDBDA), has called for increase sensitization in all states across the country and the nation’s capital to help prevent spread of the virus.
Managing Director of the NDBDA, Engr Tonye David-West made the call during a chat with newsmen in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, just as he called on multinationals to assist government with protective materials.
David-West said the pandemic which is ravaging the world had posed severe health and economic challenges of nations and, therefore, advised citizenry to take the fight against the scourge seriously by adhering strictly to government’s directives to shut down schools, places of worship, crowded place as well as maintaining social distance.
He also urged government agencies, parastatals, and the private sector operators to provide hand sanitizers and disinfectant in their respective work places to complement the effort of government.
“I want to commend my boss, the Honorable Minister of Water Resources, Engineer Suleiman Adamu for the foresight of going from school to school campaigning on the need for Nigerians to imbibe the culture of hand washing years before the outbreak of this Covid-19.
“He (the Minister) warned seriously against the uncivilized habit of open defecation which is very dangerous during the season of airborne diseases. It is very instructive that we adhere strictly to the instructions of health experts as it concerns how to stay safe from contacting the deadly virus.
“Nigeria has a large population of about 200 million people. Everybody must be involved in ensuring that we carry out the instructions given by both states and federal governments. I want to call on multinational organizations and privileged Nigerians to support the effort of government by supplying such items as disinfectants, sanitizers, sufficient test kits at the airports and land borders and surgical masks to ease the job of the health workers at the front line,” David-West stated.

By: Dennis Naku