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| Hon. Emmanuel Lar, Executive Chairman Kanke Local Government Council , Plateau State |
COVID-19:
We will ensure strict enforcement at our boarders - Kanke LG Chairman.
By
LovinsYakubu
The Executive Chairman of Kanke Local Government, Plateau State North-Central Nigeria, Hon. Emmanuel
Lar has reiterated the need to observed environmental and personal standard
hygiene in order to stop or mitigate the spread of the dreaded Coronavirus
(COVID-19).
In an exclusive chat with African
Drum, Hon. Lar said that in addition to intensive sensitization, his Local
Government has also put in place necessary measures to ensure strict
enforcement at boarders and entry points into the local government areas in
line with the state government's directive.
"The state government as you already knows has put in place
some preventive measures in which all the Local Government Chairmen have
replicated in our various local government areas. “And the major issue is prevention since we have not recorded any
case yet. So, what we are doing now is intensive sensitization to let the
people know the danger of the disease and how they can prevent it.
“The second aspect is that of enforcement to make sure that the
government said should be done is done in a proper way. We have a duty to
protect our boarders to ensure that people who come in are properly checked to
ensure they do not import the disease into the local government and the state
at large", he said.
On the total lockdown and fumigation of the state, the
Chairman said that the idea was part of the measures taken to ensure that even if
the disease was in the state, would not spread. "The idea itself is a good
one even if not for COVID-19 but for other diseases such as malaria. We should
ask ourselves when last was there total fumigation of the state? But COVID-19
has afforded us the opportunity to do that", he said.
Hon. Lar further said that government was planning palliative
measures to cushion the effect of the total lockdown.
He however, called on all to bear in mind that these are times
that require everybody's sacrifice because it's not just ordinary lockdown but
one that is aimed at saving lives. "It's only the living that can eat;
it's only the living that goes to the market. So, while government is doing its
best, the people must know there is the need for some form of sacrifice so that
together, we can chase the disease away", he said.
Lar added that the economic loss as a result of the disease would
be huge across the globe.
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