The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has spoken against the reintroduction of total lockdown after President Muhammadu Buhari eased it.
Buhari had twice extended the curfew occasioned by COVID-19 in Lagos, Ogun and Abuja before relaxing it the last time he addressed the nation in a live broadcast.
The relaxation, the President added was subject to review. However, the likelihood of a return to total lockdown was said by the Presidential Task force on the disease and Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos as both expressed their discontent with alleged non-compliance with social distancing order and inter-state travel ban.
Keyamo has weighed in on the matter.
In his view, he shared via his twitter handle, @fkeyamo, the minister said the reintroduction of the total lockdown would be counterproductive adding that Nigerians must cultivate the habit of living successfully with the virus until a solution is found to the ravaging disease.
The tweet: “My personal view is that another total lockdown would be counterproductive. Before defeating the virus, we must learn to live with it all around us and practice the skills of avoiding it like a landmine. Practice makes perfect. We cannot perfect those skills by locking ourselves up.”
