As Nigeria continues to record relatively high cases of the COVID-19 infection, the presidency has warned against violations of safety guidelines issued to curtail the spread of the virus.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in a statement issued on Sunday, said further violations of the protocols could lead to fresh lockdown.
The statement indicated that the Buhari administration is reluctant to lock down the country because many citizens will not have food on the table without venturing out for their day-to-day business.
“The Buhari administration is most reluctant to lock down the country and continues to emphasize the non-pharmaceutical measures and the only way to avert lockdowns is to observe these measures as put in place by the Presidential Task Force,” Mr Shehu wrote.
“Nigerians have come a long way from the dreaded lockdown and the administration is unhappy about any prospects of bringing it back as many citizens will not have food on the table without venturing out on a day-to-day business.”
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He said the COVID-19 pandemic is a threat to the population and the national economy.
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“Protecting public health is one of the sacred duties of any responsible government and the administration will not abdicate that responsibility.”
He appealed to Nigerians to give their maximum cooperation for the success of the policy.
Few weeks after the detection of the first case of COVID-19 in Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari imposed a five-week lockdown on the country in March last year. This was followed by a series of lockdowns as part of measures to limit the spread of the virus.
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