COVID-19: Olowu to Buhari, corporate organisations: Include Osun in emergency measures

The Olowu of Kuta, His Royal Highness Oba Adekunle Oyelude Makama, Tegbosun III, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari, the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Corporate Organisations as well as well meaning individuals to assist the Osun State Government to fight the Coronavirus Disease in the state.
The Olowu in a statement by his Media Office in Kuta on Tuesday, said the time has come for wealthy individuals to lend a helping hand to Osun State in order to save it from the effect of COVID-19.
Oba Makama said: “I want to urge President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently direct the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to assist us here in Osun.
“I also want Corporate Organisations and well wealthy individuals to assist our State to fight this dreaded pandemic.
“There is no way we can cope with the magnitude of the problem at hand now without the support of the Federal Government given the financial status of the state before the pandemic.
“With the additional 14 cases today, making a total of 19, we need urgent financial assistance to curtail and prevent the further spread of COVID-19 in our state before it’s too late.”
It will be recalled that the Governor of the state, Adegboyega Oyetola, had raised the alarm on Monday that the Federal Government should come to Osun State’s aid after three out of the 24 people returning from African countries tested positive for COVID-19.
Oyetola had predicted that if three out of 23 tested positive, it then meant that by the time the remaining 103 were tested, more people were likely to be positive.
He, however followed up immediately with the setting up of a 21-man committee led by Chief Tunde Badmus to work out the modality to stem the rise in the cases of Coronavirus in the state.
The members are former governors: Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola and Ogbeni Rauf Arebesola; former Deputy Governor, Senator Iyiola Omisore; General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye; Chief Deji Adeleke; Dr. Akin Ogunbiyi; and General Alani Akinrinade amongst others.
The monarch commnded Governor Oyetola for his quick response despite the state’s lean resources.