The Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has pleaded to President Muhammadu Buhari to ease the 14-day total lockdown imposed on the state amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Ganduje made the plea on Thursday while inaugurating a panel of experts to complement the state task force technical committee on COVID-19.
The governor said the state would lobby the Presidential task force on the scourge and the president too to relax the lockdown for a while in order to avail the residents the window to stock up on essential items and carry out economic activities, especially in the holy month of Ramadan.
His word: “We would engage the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to seek permission to relax the total lockdown imposed on Kano. We are making this appeal on behalf of our people who are presently running out of food items. We would love the Federal government to relax the lockdown for a period of time to enable people stock their homes, especially now that majority of us are fasting. It will also ease the economic hardship in the state.”
Buhari had on Monday during a nationwide broadcast ordered a total lockdown on Kano following the surge in COVID-19 cases in the state.
