As the second wave of COVID-19 resurfaces, Kano state governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje said the state would use the same technique used in the early days of the pandemic to crush the wave, through prayers and optimal efforts that would be put by healthcare workers and all other stakeholders.
He made the assertion during COVID-19 Press Briefing held at Africa House, Government House, Kano, Friday, he reveals that, “We are back to the drawing board. This is because COVID-19 is also back in our communities.
As the situation at the national level bounces back, we have no other option than to tighten our belts also and face it squarely.”
Assuring that what the state did during the heydays of the pandemic, needs to be repeated, “…so that we can win the war again. We have no time to waste.”
Adding that “All our infrastructural facilities, though not out of use, must be reinvigorated. For optimal use, as it was the case before. We also have to recall all those volunteer workers back. Sometimes in the past we reduced the list of our volunteer healthcare workers. We must call them back to the field again.”
Governor Ganduje said the state had no other option than to win the war against the pandemic. Emphasising that, “Together with our Ulamas (religious leaders), our traditional leaders, development partners, non governmental organisations, community based organisations and all others, we must take the fight to community levels. We must all be on the same page.”
“As rightly observed by our technical committee on the negligence of our communities in complying with the COVID-19 protocols, we are going to use security agencies to see that the protocols are followed. We are also going to use our Ulamas, NGOs, CBOs and all other stakeholders,” he said.
Adding that, all public places must tighten strategies to see to the total compliance with the protocols as enunciated by healthcare workers, “… and it is being obtained through global best practice,” he urged..
