By Idris Shehu
Bauchi State Government has declared a total lockdown of three LGAs of Giade, Katagum and Zaki as a measure to curtail community transmission of COVID-19 pandemic in the state.
The total lockdown which takes effect from Tuesday 12th May, 2020 and it is for initial ten days to monitor how the situation will be controlled which will determine the next line of action to be taken.
While declaring the total lockdown on Sunday, a visibly disturbed Bauchi State Governor, Sen Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir decried the attitude of the people of the Northern zone of the state particularly the three LGAs from which a total of 44 positive new cases were returned in one day saying that the situation is unacceptable by his administration.
He added that in spite of the series of call, the people still travel to Kano on a daily basis from where they are importing the infection thereby making it a community transmission problem which he said is not acceptable by the government.
Bala Mohammed therefore gave the Deputy Governor, Sen Baba Tela a marching order to immediately proceed to Azare in order to ensure that the total lockdown order was fully implemented no matter who is involved.
He added that, “The situation is very alarming, just as I was talking to you, another informative came in that additional 27 positive cases from the area arrived, you can imagine what we are saying”.
The Governor then appealed to the people of Bauchi State to continue to adhere strictly to all the prescribed public health protocols put in place by government to curtail community transmission of the infection.
On the deaths in Azare, the Governor disclosed that available records have it that in the last 30 days the total number of death is about 120 majorly from old age, childbirth and other terminal illnesses. We only have one COVID-19 related death in the entire state”.
In his remarks, the Deputy Governor, Sen Baba Tela assured the Governor that his committee is equal to the task and will do everything possible to enforce the total lockdown in the three LGAs.
