Osun State government has allayed the fears of its citizens over outcry of the new batch of Ivory Coast returnees that have been allowed into the State, after the first experience which led to a surge of confirmed cases of the COVID-19 in the state.
In a press release signed by the State Commissioner for information and civic orientation, Funke Egbemode all the 49 returnees are indigenes of Osun State with official report that they tested negative to COVID-19 . According to her 41out of the 49 are from Ejigbo while the remaining 8 are from Iwo.
“These 49 indigenes of Osun, on arrival from Ivory Coast, were graciously received by the Lagos State Government at the Nigeria-Benin border, were quarantined for 14-days in Lagos State’s facility in Badagry where they were tested for COVID-19 infection during the period. Those who tested positive to the disease were moved into Isolation Wards in Lagos, while those who tested negative to the infection were cleared and those from Osun were allowed to return to State of Osun, their destination.”
“The State Government of Osun hereby assures its citizens that there is no cause for alarm or reason to panic. The returnees who were accepted into the State have been certified to join the society by the appropriate agencies of the government. Hence, they pose no risk or threat to the people of Osun.”
The State Government has however urged its citizens to continue to trust government’s commitment in protecting the people of Osun with everything within its power.
