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Governor Yahaya Bello has bowed to pressure and ordered 14 days absolute lockdown of Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area (LGA) of Kogi State effective from 12 midnight June 2nd.
The lockdown is following the controversial confirmation of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Kogi by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
Governor Bello in a State broadcast on Monday, 1st of June, 2020 ordered the lockdown in response to this development.
He maintained that there is no COVID-19 in the State and that the two cases reported for the State are being disputed. He said the locked down the LGA was to ensure the State take precautionary measures.
“During the lockdown, there shall be no house to house movement within the local government area.
“Street movement is completely prohibited within the local government area for the period
“Palliative should be distributed house to house within the local government area.
“Contact tracing should be carried out house to house to identify those who might have made contact with the alleged Kogi COVID-19 index persons; the Chief Imam of Kabba and his Son within the local government area.
“The Kogi State incident management team should continue to thoroughly carry out the contact tracing.
“The contact tracing and enforcement of the lock down order shall be fully covered by the mainstream media.
“Health workers who might have made contact with the alleged index case should proceed on self-isolation.
“All security agencies in the state are to enforce total compliance with the lock down order.
“All citizens and residents of the state should continue to adhere to the NCDC guideline as the state still remain COVID-19 free,” the Governor directed.