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Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State on Wednesday donated food items to stranded students of the state-owned Gateway ICT Polythecnic, Itori, following the shutdown of schools to curtail the spread of Coronavirus Disease.
The Ogun State Government says it has rolled out a mobile application for members of the public to self-assess themselves for the Coronavirus pandemic.
The statement said: “When the federal government announced a 14-day lockdown in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lagos and Ogun States as part of measures aimed at containing the spread of Coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria, we were fully in support of the efforts.
Today, we are all under house arrest no thanks to Coronavirus. The virulent disease has stripped us of our social lives and our bedrooms have become our safe zones. Lagos streets are quieter than graveyards and roads, heave a sigh of relief, something most of us had never thought possible in decades.
In Nigeria, my country of close to 200 million people, the COVID-19 lockdown began on March 30 in Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory. As with nations the world over, we are following the advice of a scientifically-led national action plan to halt and then defeat the spread of the virus by staying at home to save lives.
Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, a member of Standard Bank Group, has partnered FATE Foundation in a bid to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has asked the Federal Government and Central Bank of Nigeria to “provide spending details of public funds and private sector donations to provide socio-economic benefits to the country’s poorest and most vulnerable people, including details of beneficiaries of any cash payments, cash transfers, food distribution and other benefits during the lockdown in Abuja; Lagos and Ogun states because of COVID-19.”
Four days into the lockdown order in the FCT, Lagos and Ogun States as part of measures to contain the dreaded coronavirus, the Federal Government has appreciated Nigerians for their compliance, sacrifices and urged them to keep up the pace.
The All Progressives Congress in Ogun State has commended Governor Dapo Abiodun for the steps taken to combat the spread of Coronavirus Disease in the state.
An Abeokuta, Ogun State High Court on Thursday sentenced a truck driver, Oyelami Adewale, to nine years imprisonment for driving dangerously and killing one Tunde Abdul.
The Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church, Dr. David Oyedepo, on Tuesday donated medical equipment and supplies to the Lagos and Ogun States Governments to support efforts in equipping medical staff with necessary protective gears needed to contain the Coronavirus Disease pandemic.
The National Association of Ogun State Students has called on the representatives of the three senatorial districts in the state to give total support to Governor Dapo Abiodun in the fight against COVID-19.
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has announced that the total lockdown of the state, which was scheduled to commence on Monday (yesterday) by 11pm has been shifted to Friday.
Nigeria announced its first COVID-19 case on February 27 – an Italian who came into the country on February 24 and displayed symptoms of the disease while visiting Lafarge Cement Company in Ewekoro, Ogun State. He has been treated and discharged. Since then Nigeria has recorded a total of 111 cases, as at the time of this writing, with two reported deaths.
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to provide relief materials to residents of satellite and commuter towns and communities around Lagos and Abuja, whose livelihoods would be affected by measures introduced to combat Coronavirus Disease.
2. From the first signs that Coronavirus, or COVID-19 was turning into an epidemic and was officially declared a world-wide emergency, the Federal Government started planning preventive, containment and curative measures in the event the disease hits Nigeria.
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State on Saturday commended private individuals, corporate organisations and religious bodies for their donations to the state government in support of its fight against the spread of Coronavirus Disease.
The Christian Association of Nigeria, Ogun State Chapter has directed churches in the state to shut down all activities to curtail the risk of spreading COVID-19.
The Nigerian Railway Corporation on Wednesday announced the suspension of the Lagos-Ogun Mass Transit Train Services with effect from Wednesday evening.