By Our Editors The federal government is contemplating enforcing another lockdown if Nigerians continue to violate the COVID -19 protocols. The presidency
The federal government is contemplating enforcing another lockdown if Nigerians continue to violate the COVID -19 protocols. The presidency had last week warned Nigerians to adhere to the protocols or risk another lockdown. This warning might as well be a wakeup call for citizens to adhere to the non-pharmaceutical protocols already laid down by the authorities.
According to the regulations, persons confirmed positive for COVID-19 by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control , accredited laboratory, may not refuse isolation and or admission to a designated health establishment for management of the disease. We recall that the federal government had last year imposed lockdown in Ogun, Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory to curb the spread of COVID -19 in the country. Some state governors followed suit by imposing lockdowns in their states. To ameliorate the suffering of Nigerians, the government came up with the idea of palliatives. The gory pictures of looting of palliative warehouses during the EndSARS protests proved that the management of the palliatives was not properly done.