COVID-19: Leaders must take responsibility on decision to return people to work - Shehu Sani

Former senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani stated that leaders who plan on ending the lockdown and returning people to work must be ready to take responsibility for such action.

Shehu Sani stated this in reaction to governments in the West who are considering ending the lockdown to enable people to return to work so as to save the country's economy.

He tweeted: "Some Governments in the West are desperate to end the Lockdown & return people to work using such phrases like ‘the virus has flattened’ or has ‘reached the plateau’.As long as there’s no vaccine yet, returning to work is a gamble Leaders must be ready to take responsibility".

Meanwhile, the Nigerian Center for Disease Control, NCDC, has revealed that 20 states in the country have confirmed cases of COVID-19.

This was after the agency confirmed 35 new cases of the virus in Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Oyo States. This brings the total of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 442.

NCDC tweeted: “As at 10:20 pm 16th April, number of states with confirmed cases of #COVID19: 19 + FCT

Lagos- 251 FCT- 67 Kano- 21 Osun- 20 Edo- 15 Oyo- 13 Ogun- 9 Katsina- 7 Bauchi- 6 Kaduna- 6 Akwa Ibom- 6 Kwara- 4 Delta- 4 Ondo- 3 Enugu- 2 Ekiti- 2 Rivers-2 Niger- 2 Benue- 1 Anambra- 1".

Three more deaths were announced yesterday by the Lagos State Commissioner of Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, who also disclosed that 16 people got discharged after recovering from the virus.

Some Governments in the West are desperate to end the Lockdown & return people to work using such phrases like ‘the virus has flattened’ or has ‘reached the plateau’.As long as there’s no vaccine yet,returning to work is a gamble Leaders must be ready to take responsibility.

— Senator Shehu Sani (@ShehuSani) April 17, 2020