Augustine Okezie, Katsina
Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State has decried the attitude of Katsina people who ignore the social distancing order given by the government to curtail the spread of COVID-19 in the state thereby calling for strict adherence to the order.
Masari who was speaking during the commissioning and handing over ceremony of a newly completed state- of- the- art COVID-19 isolation centre, donated to the State Government by National Lottery Fund, in Daura General Hospital, Daura, said the disease does not travel but is being carried by individuals from one place to the other.
He restated that staying at home is in the best interest of everyone.
He said “if one has doubt, his neighbour has no doubt, which makes it a responsibility to protect the lives of our neighbours’’.
‘’ the whole world is undergoing severe stress because of COVID-19, and those in doubt would continue to jeopardize the health well being of majority of others in the state’’
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He lauded the National Lottery Fund for the provision of a standard COVID-19 isolation centre in Daura.
On the lockdown in Daura, Governor Aminu Masari explained that the action was taken by government because the situation had reached community transmission of the virus.
He reminded violators of the stay at home order that government had the force, the capacity, the determination and the political will to make people remain indoors.
He said’’ Government will continue to appeal to the people to please stay at home to stay safe from contracting the virus’’.
The Governor also used the Occasion which was chaired by the Minister Of Special Duties, Senator George Akume, to remind the medical staff, especially those who are to manage the isolation centre to have the fear of God.
He assured that within the limited resources at the disposal of government, they would do their best to makes sure that the isolation centre is properly maintained, even after the state must have gone through the pandemic.
Earlier in his remarks, the Minister of Special Duties and inter Governmental Affairs Senator George Akume said he was happy with the leadership of the lottery fund for providing the required resources to equip and upgrade the intensive care unit of Daura General Hospital into a standard COVID-19 isolation centre to cater for the growing cases of Coronavirus infections in Daura town.
The Minister also directed the National Lottery Fund to extend the intervention to other isolation centres in the country, adding that the fund should ensure monitoring and evaluation of the process to keep track of the utilization of the facility for the benefit of Nigerians.
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