By Nosa Ekhator.
With the increasing index cases of coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria, an indication that the virus has gone into the community phase of transmission the state governors in Nigeria, operating under the aegis of the "Nigeria Governors’ Forum" (NGF), have unanimously agreed to the implementation of an inter-state total luckdown of the country for fourteen days, in the first instance, with a view to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.
The governor's reached this agreement after receiving briefing from the Governors of Lagos, Bauchi, Oyo and Ogun States who shared their experiences and lessons from the fight against COVID-19.
In a communiqe issued by the NGF and signed by it's chairman and governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, at the end of the sixth COVID-19 teleconference meeting, NGF said only essential services would be permitted.
State governors called for the decentralization of the COVID-19 response as the best chance of nipping the spread of the virus in communities with over 25 States now affected by the spread of the virus and increasing evidence of community transmission.
Members of the NGF also voiced serious concern over the rising spread of the virus among health workers and resolved to work with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to ensure that health workers are “adequately” provided with personal protective equipment (PPE) and are “constantly” trained on the use of protective gears.
The Governors also resolved to set up COVID-19 committees at the regional levels, headed by their State Commissioners of Health in order to strengthen coordinated implementation of necessary public health recommendations across States.
Regional committees, the communique added, will continue to interface with the State Task Force Committees on COVID-19 already established in each State
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