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How to wage a successful COVID-19 war, by experts

There is anxiety as the community transmission of Covid-19 stares Nigeria in the face. How can the government stem the tide? President Muhammadu Buhari has been applauded for the way he has transparently conducted the anti-Covid war by foreign bodies and other stakeholders. But, he will receive more praises only when the curve begins to flatten. The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, observed that measures so far taken by Nigerians were in the right direction and result-oriented. Ghebreyesus noted that Nigeria was swift and transparent in information dissemination, thanking the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) for its efforts since the index case of the virus was reported in February. He said: “This a true act of solidarity and an important step in stopping the coronavirus from spreading further.” Also , the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, showered encomiums on the Nigerian government for its commit
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Return to lockdown likely, Fed Govt warns Nigerians

This follows Monday’s gross disobedience of the protocols as Nigerians got some relief after weeks of restrictions.It was the first day after the easing of the shutdown to contain the spread of coronavirus in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states.Before the four-week stay-at-home imposed by President Muhammadu Buhari, Lagos and Abuja had been under some forms of restriction for at least one week.Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 is not pleased that there was a breach of social distancing with overcrowding in public places, interstate movement and shunning of face masks.“Today, we might forgive a little bit because it was the first day. However, we will have infections because of what happened today (yesterday), no doubt about that.“But what is more important is how we can learn from the mistakes of today (yesterday) into tomorrow and into next tomorrow, so that by Friday, hopefully they will have normalised some of these things.“The challenge for us as a society is how we now organis
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‘Ayade has not funded APC with a Kobo at any level’

The State Chairman of the All Progressive Congress APC in Cross River State, Sir John Ochalla has dismissed as tissues of lies, a statement from one Ekpenyong Effiom Asuquo, JP, the Secretary of PDP Youth Forum wherein he stated that “Governor Ben Ayade has been funding the APC ever since”. Ochalla in a press statement made available to newsmen on Monday called the attention of the General Public saying he would have ordinarily ignored the write up from one Ekpenyong Effiom Asuquo, JP, secretary to a youth forum in PDP, but the times we are in now politically are very interesting and I will not let this opportunity pass by without keeping the records straight. He said the controversial statement from a Youth Forum of the PDP, in paragraph seven, stated that ” Ayade has been funding the APC ever since. This statement is not only a tissue of lies but a figment of the author’s imagination.” His words, “to the best of my knowledge, Governor Ayade has not funded the APC with a kobo
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Ekiti, Kaduna to motorists: comply or lose your vehicles

Ekiti and Kaduna states’ governments have warned motorists against violating the lockdown regulations. They said drivers found violating the regulations would have their vehicles impounded and auctioned. Ekiti State’s new directive was contained in its COVID-19 Implementation Guidelines released yesterday in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, and signed by Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Biodun Oyebanji. This happened as the state government relaxed the lockdown imposed on the state. Reading the guidelines at a COVID-19 update media briefing, Information Commissioner Muyiwa Olumilua said the ban on interstate travels remained in force. He said any vehicle seized would be forfeited to the state government. The government said the lockdown had not been totally removed, explaining that the residents could enjoy freedom of movement on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 7 a.m and 4 p.m, while the curfew earlier imposed between 7 p.m and 6 a.m still subsists. The Kadu
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‘Fleeing’ woman threatens to sue Edo govt

A woman, Amaka Okoro, who the Edo State government declared wanted for fleeing the state after allegedly testing positive for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), has threatened to sue the government. Governor Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a frontline governorship aspirant on the party’s platform, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, are at loggerheads over the woman. The governor declared the woman wanted on April 30. In a viral video on Monday, Amaka Okoro, who stated that her photo was taken from her Facebook page by the Edo State government without her consent, said she was not married, did not have a child, never tested positive with COVID-19 and was based in Lagos, not Edo State. The woman threatened to sue the Obaseki administration for the pain and embarrassment it caused her with the government’s “false publication” against her on the Internet as she claimed not to be the fleeing woman. Obaseki, through his verified Twitter handle: @governorobaseki, wrot
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Anambra community intercepts 1,500 vehicles

Youths of Ebenebe community in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State have intercepted more than 1,500 vehicles for violating the COVID-19 regulations on movement. The state government, last weekend, relaxed some aspects of its restriction on human and vehicular movements, leaving the boundary closed. The vehicles abandoned the Enugu-Onitsha (in Anambra State) expressway and diverted to the community. The closure of the boundaries between the two neighbouring states was among measures to stop the spread of the deadly Coronavirus disease ravaging the world. President-General of the community, Paul Nnatuanya, told The Nation yesterday that he mobilised the youths to man the road. Nnatuanya said the action was meant to ensure that no vehicle was allowed to cross into Anambra.
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The case against high interest rates in time of contagion May 4, 2020

The economic fallout from the coronavirus may present the best, most pressing case for revising the CBN’s high interest rate policy. The undue rates penalise domestic investment and consumer borrowing.This reduces both aggregate domestic supply and, to a lesser degree, aggregate domestic demand. The chronic gap between domestic supply and demand has been filled by bloated levels of imports and encouraged an overvalued exchange rate that the high interests have helped produce.In normal times, the high interest rates also attract significant foreign financial speculation, the ever-ominous hot money. While in the short-term, the foreign speculation boosts financial inflows.Over time, as compound interest payments become due on these foreign investments, the nation will lose an ever-increasing amount of money to satisfy foreign debt obligations. In the short run, high rates seem to attract foreign capital and spur the economy while giving it discipline against inflation.In the longer-
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