Oyo State together with other thirty-five states in Nigeria has agreed to a 14days National Lockdown to guide against the spread of coronavirus from state to state.
This is contained in a communique issued by the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) Chairman and the Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi at the end of the six COVID-19 teleconference meeting where the Governors of Lagos, Bauchi, Oyo and Ogun share their experienced and lessons from the fight against COVID-19.
State governors called for the decentralization of the COVID-19 response as the best chance of nipping the spread of the virus in communities with over 25 States now affected by the spread of the virus and increasing evidence of community transmission.
Members of the NGF also voiced serious concern over the rising spread of the virus among health workers and resolved to work with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to ensure that health workers are “adequately” provided with personal protective equipment (PPE) and are “constantly” trained on the use of protective gears.
