President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed for understanding
from Nigerians over the prolonged COVID-19 lockdown.
Buhari had ordered a lockdown and inter-state ban in a bid
to curb the spread of Coronavirus.
However, Buhari appealed for patience while stressing that
no government intentionally imposes tough measures on its people.
In a statement signed by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, Buhari
said: “No government would intentionally impose these tough and demanding
measures on its citizens if it had a choice.”
Buhari also appealed to other Nigerians “whose businesses
and means of livelihoods were badly affected by the prolonged lockdown measures
for their understanding and cooperation.”
He assured Nigerians that the “lockdown measures would not
go on longer than necessary because they would be reviewed from time to time to
ease the increasing hardships on the people.”
The president also exhorted people with means to continue
helping their neighbours and the less well-to-do “so that we can all come out
of this pandemic stronger and more united.”
He prayed to Allah to ease the hardship among the people as
they struggle hard to flatten the curve, while wishing all Nigerians “Eid
Mubarak.”
Thanks His Excellency. Well taken.
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