Uja Emmanuel, Makurdi
FORMER Executive Secretary of Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), Reverend Tor Uja, has suggested a more coordinated approach in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic.
Addressing reporters in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, Uja said: “There must be a closer working relationship between the federal and the state levels. I think the task forces are the great instruments through which this can be achieved.”
The former executive secretary suggested that the state task forces sustain regular reports to the national task force in order to enhance closer monitoring of what is going on in every part of the country so that collective decisive steps could be taken to stem the tide.
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He lauded the efforts so far taken by the federal and state governments, the sacrifice of medical workers, the media as well as the Christian community.
Uja called for sustainability and upgrading of the efforts until the pandemic is overcome.
The former executive secretary noted that with the country’s huge population and the fatalities so far recorded, outstanding successes have been recorded in tackling the global health challenge across the country.
“We need to transfer our experience to the world, to let them know what we’re doing to make our fatality so low and to make even our infection this low.
“At every point, despite our successes, we keep looking out to other parts of the world for the solutions they are adopting, and they are not working. Then, we abandon our own solutions that are working,” he said.
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