Sani Aliyu By John Owen Nwachukwu The Nigerian government has revealed that most people, especially in the South-East region, ...
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The Nigerian government has revealed that most people,
especially in the South-East region, do not believe in the existence of the
deadly Coronavirus pandemic.
Dr. Sani Aliyu, National Coordinator of the Presidential
Task Force (PTF), while addressing the press on Monday, said at least 60% of
the people in the region believe COVID-19 is a scam.
He also said that some states denying the existence of the
virus were putting their citizens at risk.
“There’s also significant disbelief in the danger and impact
of COVID-19, in parts of the southeast where we did a recent survey, 60 per
cent did not believe that COVID-19 was an issue at all. We clearly are not
taking the pandemic seriously enough,” he said.
The PTF called on citizens to challenge those who appear in
public places without their face masks.
“There’s partial to total non-compliance with face mask and
physical distance in protocols by the public as earlier mentioned by the DG
NCDC,” he said.
He lamented that many people only wear their face mask
either to avoid being harassed by security agents, or when they are compelled
to do so.
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