Oyo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged Governor Seyi Makinde is handling the COVID-19 pandemic in the state with “Kid Gloves.”
The party stated this in a statement issued by AbdulAzeez Olatunde, its Publicity Secretary, on Monday and made available to InsideOyo.com.
The statement reads,”Imagine when Lagos and Kwara States were rolling out frontal attacks of checking COVID-19 by asking their Grade levels 1-12 workers to stay at home for the next two weeks, rolled out instructions for Mosques and Churches to limit the number of worshippers and followed it up with Task force to enforce those Government Guidelines, which Oyo State has not woken up to its statutory responsibility.
“Such that Friday 20th and Sunday 22nd March, most of the worship centres operated in defiance of the containment manner of the COVID-19 because there is no Government order on them.
“Instead of Oyo State Governor to face the welfare and well being of the good people of Oyo State, GOV SEYI MAKINDE chose to face Politicking and thus become arbitrator in chief of South West of Nigeria PDP, becoming political arbitrator in Ekiti PDP Affairs in Lagos, the time Oyo State needed his attention most.
“It is bad enough that a Radio station in Ibadan made its Program available on both Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd 2020 for Oyo State Commissioner for Health to come on Air to update the innocent people of Oyo STATE on the way and manner the Government is tackling COVID-19, but the Commissioner could not make it because Governor Seyi Makinde was not in town and as is the customary of SEYI MAKINDE’S Government, when he is not in town, the Governance stops hence the hands of the innocent Commissioner for Health were tied, which means Oyo State suffers.
“Another good fall out of the Program was that all the Telephone numbers rolled out by the Government of Engr SEYI MAKINDE according to the Radio respondents were not picked, which confirmed our long held observation that Engr SEYI MAKINDE was not ready for Governance.”
The main opposition party in the state, however, recommended that the Oyo State Government should adopt China approach “because they were quick in combating this stubborn contagious COVID-19, a few of their approach were shared to the world by Prof Zhong Nanshan, the leader of the Epidemiologist that overcame the stubborn COVID-19:
(1) Lockdown for few days to avoid or limit human to human transmission
(2) Build Emergency Hospitals within 10 – 14 days to accommodate expect upsurge of infected people
(3) Quarantine all suspected people to curtail the spread
(4) Control Daily activities of the populace ie Garages,Markets, Worship Centres and Infact the streets have to be decongested for some days for SANITARY FLUSHING
(5)Adequate provision of Sanitizer at the Garages and Infact all Public Spaces.
(6)Working from Home options to reduce Human Contact and reduce the spread of the virus.
(7)Task force to enforce the rules must be raised.”
