Presidential Broadcast: PDP Senate Caucus Hails FG’s Measures

The Opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Caucus in the Senate has hailed the Federal Government on its approach to nip in the bud, the ravaging Coronavirus, Covid-19 virus, especially as contained in President Muhammadu Buhari’s Sunday evening national broadcast to Nigerians.
The PDP Senate Caucus has assured of its readiness to work and engage in a bipartisan manner with the Presidency, just as it said that as Senators in the opposition, they were ready to reconvene should the need arise to ensure that the country, nip in the bud, the Covid-19 virus, which has kept the entire world on its toes.
In a statement signed yesterday in Abuja by the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, PDP, Abia South, the caucus noted that though they had expected the presidency to engage the National Assembly more in some of
the policy areas that are statutory, but yet have to recognize the fact that these are unusual times that may require quick policy responses.
Abaribe said, “These are perilous times in the world and indeed an unusual situation for our dear country, so the PDP caucus described erly implemented will keep our people safe from this deadly virus.”
as a step in the right direction the President’s broadcast and policy measures, which we believe while being short on prioritizing the poor and vulnerable in our society, nevertheless if properly implemented will keep our people safe from this deadly virus.”
The PDP Caucus has asked
for proper monitoring of the disbursement of the palliative measures to ensure that it gets to the people it is meant for and also urged humane approach by the relevant security agencies while strictly implementing the measures that has to do with the restrictions of movement of our people.