Citizens Want Yobe Officials Isolated After Dubai Trip

By Chuks Ekpeneru

Some residents of Yobe State have queried the rationale behind the recent trip to the United Arab Emirate (Dubai) by some officials of the state government at a time the novel Covid-19 is killing several persons.

They are also demanding that the officials who are retuning on Saturday be quarantined.

The over 20 officials including a selected number commissioners, Special Advisers, members of the State House of Assembly, permanent secretaries, directors in the state civil service among others were said to be attending an international workshop.

Reacting to the development, the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mohammed Lawan Gana said he has sent out advisory on precautionary measures to the affected officials.

“The National Travel Advisory is applicable to any person coming into the country and all the measures that will be taken at the airport is applicable to them (the Yobe officials). The advisory has clearly stated what needs to be done. If you are coming from certain countries you need to be quarantined and so on and so forth.

“Once they are coming back into the country, right from entry, everything will be sorted out from there,” Dr. Gana explained.

“Dubai is not one of the countries of concern as at now. But as they come in, they will be given a form to fill and do other necessary things before they leave the airport.”

“But what I want the people to know is that we are in contact with them. We told them what they need to do and what they ought not do while they are staying in Dubai, and when they are coming back all the needful will be done at the point of entry,” he said.

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