Gov Abiodun laments non compliance with precautionary measures against COVID-19 in Ogun

Gov Dapo Abiodun 

Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has lamented the non compliance of residents with the laid-down precautionary measures in the fight against COVID-19 in the state.

Great Achiever Magazine reports that the governor expressed his displeasure during a media chat  on Friday in Abeokuta.

According to him, some people still flagrantly flout the Presidential ban on inter-State travel for non-essential services and the daily night curfew.

Abiodun said: "For example, four people from Kotangora, Niger State, were intercepted right in front of the Governor’s Office, here at Abeokuta on Monday, this week.

"What is worrisome is how they managed to beat all the security barricades along the state borders and within the States that they passed through before getting into our dear State.

"Whilst we are battling with internal migration, the immigrants from outside the country through our international land borders have also not given up, despite the closure of international borders.

"Nineteen (19) nationals from Togo and Ivory-Coast were intercepted after crossing into Ogun State, nay Nigeria through illegal land border routes on Wednesday. They are being quarantined at Idi-Iroko, pending repatriation back to their countries".

The governor further disclosed that on the domestic front, many  people are yet to fully appreciate that their welfare and well-being are their personal responsibilities, as many are still not complying with the precautionary measures and guidelines.

He said in the last one week, the security agencies apprehended and charged before the Mobile Courts 224 violators of the lockdown and Presidential directive on curfew.

He also decried the situation whereby some motorists still carry more than the approved number of passengers whilst some people still move about in the public without use of the face masks.

Abiodun said: "This is the NEW NORMAL and we must accept it. It is the compliance that will help us to further ease the lockdown.

"The low-level of compliance in the country also informed the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, with the approval of Mr. President, to extend the period of the current eased lockdown in the country for another two weeks that will lapse in a week’s time".