Gov Dapo Abiodun
The governor disclosed this on Friday, while addressing newsmen at his Oke-Mosan office.
He said: "In view of the evidence of community transmission and poor compliance with the lockdown measures, we are constrained to extend the lockdown for another week till Sunday 24th of May.
"The current pattern of lockdown, with relaxation windows from 7.00am to 5.00pm on Monday, Wednesday and Friday continues.
"We will continue to monitor the level of compliance with the lockdown measures and incidence of community transmission and hopefully, there will be positive developments that will enable us further ease the lockdown at the end of this new lockdown period.
"We must also bear in mind that the daily curfew from 8pm to 6am and the ban on non-essential inter-state travel as directed by Mr. President still stands".
Abiodun said the feedback from the people of Ogun State, from the Public Opinion Poll hosted on the Twitter, also support the extension of the lockdown.
He said out of about 6,000 respondents of the online poll, 53% support the continuation of the lockdown whilst 43% want a review with 4% undecided.
Great Achiever Magazine reports that the governor, while giving an update on the COVID-19, said the number of confirmed cases in Ogun State was 100. But, by Thursday 14th May, 2020, the state has recorded 34 more positive cases of COVID- 19, bringing the total to 134, which shows an increase of more than 30%, in just one week.
He however said that 20 additional patients who have been successfully treated at the isolation centers were discharged, in addition to the 39 earlier discharged thus bringing the total to 59, who have been given a clean bill of health and have since rejoined their respective families.
Abiodun stated that the rate of recovery is very heartwarming and encouraging, as it is hoped that the pattern continues, while he revealed that, "Unfortunately, we have recorded 5 deaths in total", praying God to repose their souls.
Presently, there are 70 active cases who are currently receiving care at the treatment centers, and are also expected to be discharged in due course.
The governor said: "The spike in the number of positive cases, particularly in the last one week, is attributable to two main factors.
"First is the expanded testing capacity, currently at 450 per day, that has enabled us to embark on aggressive testing, especially in the communities with possible high prevalence of infection such as our border communities.
"The testing has presented us with the stark reality that community transmission is on the increase in our rural and urban communities in Ogun State. We will keep expanding our testing capacity by deploying more personnel and testing centers to every nook and cranny of the State".
The governor disclosed that in spite of several warnings and the concerted efforts of the security agencies, some people have continued to flout the measures in place to flatten the curve of the spread. Some residents still come out in the public without the use of facemasks or use the facemasks in a manner that do not shield their mouths and noses.
He said that motorcycles and tricycles riders still carry more than the approved number of passengers of one and two respectively; and drivers of taxi cab and passenger buses are also culpable in the flagrant violations of the extant guidelines, saying that markets have also not fully complied with physical distancing and other measures to ensure the markets do not become the COVID-19 transmission centers.
Abiodun disclosed that between 4th May and 14th May, 108 violators of the lockdown and other measures have been apprehended and prosecuted.
They were promptly tried by the newly introduced mobile courts, with some of them made to pay fine whilst some are undergoing community service.
In the same vein, the governor said 517 vehicles, 109 motorcycles and 6 tricycles were impounded for breaching the Presidential directive on curfew within the same period.
He stated that in addition, security agencies also intercepted migrants from other states, who defied the ban on interstate travels, and promptly turned them back at Ogun state borders with other states.
He thanked the security agencies and the judiciary for the patriotic duties of apprehending and bringing to justice the violators whose activities are capable of undermining the collective wellbeing of the people.
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