COVID-19: Lagos SDP Chairman, Femi Olaniyi Urges Residents To Adhere To NCDC Guidelines

Fellow country men and women, dear Lagosians and our dear party members , we welcome you to this new month of June. In the face of the deadly disease pandemic and its attendant effects on our lives and economics that we bring you message of hope, assurance and restoration.

In line with the national briefings of the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 over the state of things and the journey so far in combating the virus that we enjoin you to please adhere strictly to the new directives and guidelines established by the PTF to help us stay safe and healthy while the lockdown is being eased to enable us attend to our various life endeavours, businesses and works.

In what might seems to be delegation of duties, as the Federal Government has directed the State Government, Local Government and Community Leaders to raise up in tracing of cases to the community base, we urge you to please assist the State, Local and Community health workers in that regards by providing necessary information needed for a more robust exercise, always report your health conditions to the appropriate health authorities, this became necessary as twenty local government out of seven hundred and seventy-four has been worstly and mostly hit by the virus, accounting about 60% of the total cases in Nigeria, it is therefore that we pay close attention and monitor the health situations in our various local governments and communities.

Notwithstanding the effort put so far by the Federal Government in combating the virus, we plead that a more comprehensive strategy be adopted to control the spread, especially now is being driven to community base, enhance our communication system to fit in for proper reportage, among other things.

At this juncture, we urge you to continue observing all the necessary mechanisms put in place by NCDC and Ministry of Health for us to live and stay healthy, always maintain the social distancing, maintaining two meters between people in the public places, mandatory use of non-medical face masks in public places, regular washing of hands with running water and soap, constant use of hand sanitizer and other measures.

Ladies and gentlemen, may i remind you that this is still a fight for life and our advancement in our daily normal lives, it is pertinent that we take responsibility and play the expected role in combating this deadly pandemic.

Thanks.

Signed:
Hon Femi Olaniyi(Ferrari)
Chairman SDP, Lagos State.

Comrade Obinna.O.Obichukwu.
(OBI.O.OBI)
Publicity Secretary.