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15 Takeaways From Buhari’s Third Speech On COVID-19
By Chuks Ekpeneru
President Muhammadu Buhari in his third speech since the first lockdown was announced a month made some progress reports and unfolded measures to further secure the nation against the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Among the major 15 takeaways from the address were the following:
1- Measures yielding positive results.
2- Over 10,000 healthcare workers trained.
3- FG Procured insurance cover for 5,000 Frontline health workers
4- Seeks patience of Nigerians to fine-tune distribution of palliatives.
5- Government will not tolerate human rights abuses by security agencies.
6- Security agencies to be provided with the necessary personal protective equipment for their own protection.
7- FG to deploy additional Federal Government human, material and technical resources to Kano.
8- There will be an overnight curfew from 8 pm to 6 am. This means all movements will be prohibited during this period except essential services;
9- There will be a ban on non-essential inter-state passenger travels until further notice;
10- There will be partial and controlled interstate movement of goods and services will be allowed to allow for the movement of goods and services from producers to consumers.
11- Mandatory use of face masks or coverings in public in addition to maintaining physical distancing and personal hygiene.
12- Restrictions of social and religious gathers shall remain in place.
13- Lockdown in the FCT, Lagos & Ogun States shall subsist and remain in place until Saturday, 2nd May 2020 at 9 am.
14- Total lockdown in Kano for 2 weeks.
15- State Governors may choose to amend adapt and expand based on their unique circumstances provided they maintain alignment with the guidelines issued above on public health and hygiene.
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