Coronavirus: 36 State Govs Ban Public Gatherings
• Osinbajo heads response coordination committee
They have also set up a committee under the auspices of the National Economic Council (NEC) to coordinate the federal and state governments’ response to the global pandemic.
It is headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo with members named as the Governors of Jigawa, Edo, Ebonyi, Nasarawa, Kaduna, Kebbi and the Ogun States as members.
“The establishment of the Special Committee mandated to coordinate the responses of the Federal Government and States especially as it relates to the socio-economic implications of the pandemic on Nigerians, was the major outcome of the Council meeting which featured several presentations on COVID-19 ranging from the economic to the financial and public health dimensions of the matter.”
The statement also informed that the decision to discourage public gathering came during a meeting of the council at the presidential villa, Abuja on Thursday.
On the discouragement of public gathering, the statement added: “NEC also strongly recommended that public gatherings should be discouraged and the maximum numbers in any large gathering should be worked out by respective State governments, including schools, social gatherings, and worship centres.”
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