By President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said the lock-down measures are germane in defeating the novel coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria.
The President, in a statement released by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, urged citizens to observe the restrictions on movement during the Easter celebration, adding that the lockdown will last as long as scientific advisers say otherwise.
“The freedoms we ask you to willingly forsake today will only last as long as our scientific advisers declare they are necessary. But they are essential – world over – to halt and defeat the spread of this virus.
“We ask you to listen and follow public announcements via the mass media for instructions as to how to receive this government support – and learn of more public assistance in the coming days.
“All that the Government is asking you to endure is because nowhere in the world today is there any known way of defeating this pandemic. There is no vaccine. And that means there are choices to be made: between continuing as usual, or accepting the restrictions even when they come with unintended consequences.
“But at this darkest hour, it remains our duty to offer you the full and unvarnished truth: This is a global pandemic. 210 countries and territories across the globe are affected. We cannot expect others to come to our assistance. No one is coming to defeat this virus for us.” The President said.
Blackboxnigeria reported earlier that the President had ordered a two-weeks-lock-down in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun state following the high-rise of the novel coronavirus pandemic in the country.
