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General News of Friday, 24 April 2020

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Not wearing face masks will attract cane- Ebonyi State Governor warns

Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi play videoEbonyi State Governor, David Umahi

Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has promised to flog residents if they do not wear face masks while going about to transact their normal businesses.

Although the state has yet to record any infection, the state governor, David Umahi, says the government is stepping up measures against the disease.

Addressing a meeting of stakeholders on Wednesday at the Government House in Abakaliki, the state capital, he disclosed that officials have been directed to beat residents coming out of their houses without wearing face masks.

He said, “Let me warn again that no face mask in Ebonyi State, no public movement.

“If you don’t have a face mask and you are out, I am directing the local government chairmen to use their men to inflict the minimum compliance which is the cane – the cane.”