By Peter Akpah
The last minute rush in jos Metropoulos mostly in faringada tomatoes market and the terminus market, people are doing the last minute shopping speaking with some of them in an interview with sourcenews24 said the decision of government is a welcome development and is for their own safety since the state has not recorded any case of coronavirus, according to one Mrs chidimma okafor said they have been calling on the governor to lock down every where and even block all the borders and put very strict measures and check everyone coming into the state go back to where they are coming from.
And also a cross section of some individuals who don’t want their names mentioned said government should also make some little provisions to cushion the effects of the lock down as their decision is in order and some said they have not felt any government present at this time of the pandemic, some say the state Uptill now the state can not boast of any testing center and any facility build by them to show their readiness should in case there is an out break.
One Mr George Martins said they need food not fumigation the government should also address the issues of relief materials and food and Sanitizers, some many well meaning individuals have donated items and relief materials and what is the government doing about it, he said government should distribute what ever was given to them after all is for the citizens why keeping them, Mr martins said by way of giving what was given to the government to the citizens it will encourage others to bring according to him people who donated such relief materials will be glad to see it distributed to the public.
And also in an interview with Rev Adams Olu and some other clergys said the idea of the lock down is actually in order because in the festivities of Easter celebration many people will want to come from their various places to the state and is very dangerous because you don’t know who is who or an affected person so for the state to be save is better is lock down for the safety and them as a church they accept it in good faith, and one other reason is because of how the security personnel are compromising and collecting money and allowing visitors into the state and that is very risky, and they also call on the governor in particular to call the security personnel to order and their various heads in the state to stop such as is dangerous to the state and them as well because if the allow an infected persons into the state no one is save.
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