Banks Must Serve Elderly Persons First – Sanwo-Olu

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has directed banks to prioritise service to elderly persons between 9.00 a.m. and 10.30 a.m.

 The governor gave the directive while briefing newsmen on Sunday even as he spoke on plans towards easing the lockdown in the state.

Sanwo-Olu called on banks and markets to strictly enforce orderliness in their premises.

He directed that elderly people must be given the priority to transact their businesses in bank and markets between 9.00 a.m. and 10.30 a.m. after which other younger customers should be allowed to transact.

The governor urged residents not to take the easing of lockdown for granted, as everyone residing in the state must collectively take responsibility for public health safety.

He reiterated that the use of face mask in public places was compulsory, adding that the state had distributed a million free face masks to residents in the last two weeks.

Thousands more will be distributed in the course of the week, he said.

The governor, however, frowned at laxity observed in the enforcement of the ban on inter-state movements.

He also said that commercial buses still lag in complying with the spacing of passengers and 60 per cent load capacity.

“We are not happy with the level of compliance by yellow buses despite assurance from their union.

“We do not want to use force to drive compliance; we want it to be self-compliant.

“We have also not seen the level of compliance we wanted for inter-state travels.

“We are seeking collaboration with Ogun Government and the Police to ensure obedience to the directive on this,’’ Sanwo-Olu said.

He said that the state’s whistleblowing policy had yielded encouraging feedbacks, as incidents reported by whistleblowers had helped the government to further drive compliance in business places. (NAN)

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