COVID-19: Gov. Bala warns residents to adhere to safety protocols 1
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COVID-19: Gov. Bala warns residents to adhere to safety protocols

Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed of Bauchi State has warned residents of the state to adhere strictly to protocols of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) for Covid-19, saying that the pandemic is not yet over.

The Governor stated this on Monday while inspecting facilities at the new N100 million Bauchi Molecular Laboratory for COVID 19 and other diseases, which was established by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TetFUND) at the College of Medical Science of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi.

The Governor expressed worry that Bauchi local government was listed by the presidential Taskforce on COVID 19 as one of the local government in the state prone to COVID 19, adding that he does not want another lockdown for Bauchi State as it inflicts hardship on the citizens.

“We should be care to observe the protocols of NCDC for COVID 19 such as social distance, wearing of face masks and all those issues that has do with our social life like transportation, going to the market and conducting ourselves during funerals. We are not observing these protocols, we have relaxed”

“We really have to go by the rules. We don’t want to carry the sledge hammer and kill the fly. We don’t want to come and apply the rules that is hostile that will be unpleasant, but certainly when it must be done, even as you can see that the federal government is muting the idea of locking down Bauchi town and I don’t want such a situation because it causes a lot of problem and challenges” he said

In his response, the Vice-Chancellor of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, Professor Abdullaziz Mohammed, said that the laboratory was established not only for the testing of COVID 19 and other related diseases such as yellow fever, Lassa fever and testing for HIV, but for research purposes.

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