The chairman of Nigeria’s Gov forum, Kayode Fayemi, has said that there is the need to evolve a national strategy for tackling the corona virus pandemic.
Fayemi who spoke at Ekiti after a meeting with the governors said it has become necessary to evolve a workable harmonized strategy for dealing with the disease,
However, it ia being envisaged that the plan will turn the current economic challenges into opportunities for the Nigerian people as envisioned by the President.
It added that the Economic Sustainability Committee will also be meeting next week with the Presidential Economic Advisory Council ahead of the completion and submission of its report to the President.
Recalling that governors held a virtual meeting, Abiodun disclosed that they, “all shared measures adopted in our individual states to contain the spread of the Coronavirus.
“We jointly decided to close our interstate borders across the country for two initial weeks in a bid to curb the interstate spread of the virus and enhance our ability to better handle contact tracing.
“This, however, tallies with the earlier decision and stance of the Ogun State government to keep all our interstate and international borders shut, except to essential services”.
The governors on Wednesday announced their decision after receiving a briefing from the governors of Lagos, Bauchi, Oyo and Ogun states who shared their experiences and lessons.
A communiqué by the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) Chairman and Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, lamented the spread of the virus among health workers.