Following the single case of COVID-19 in Ekiti
State, the state House of Assembly has moved a motion urging the state Governor,
Dr. Kayode Fayemi, to close all schools and other public institutions in the
state to prevent the spread of the pandemic.
It also announced the suspension of legislative
activities indefinitely as parts of measure to contain the spread of the dreadly
virus.
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mojisola
Yaya-Kolade, had last Wednesday confirmed that a victim had been discovered in the
state and had been quarantined at the isolation centre.
The decision to restrict visitors' movement to the
Assembly complex was also taken at Thursday's plenary presided over by the
Speaker, Hon. Funminiyi Afuye.
The Chairman of the Assembly Committee on Health,
Hon. Teju Okuyiga, under matter of urgent public importance, informed the Assembly
of one case of COVID-19 found in the state.
Okuyiga then called for precautionary measures to
contain further spread of the diseases.
Other members who spoke on the matter were Hon.
Yemisi Ayokunle, Hon. Gboyega Aribisogan and Hon. Abiodun Fawekun. They suggested
that aside the Assembly's complex, public places like schools should be shut
down, at least for now.
Acceding to the request, the Speaker said: "Activities
at the Ekiti State House of Assembly is hereby suspended as suggested by
members until further notice when the tension about the dread coronavirus is
doused."
He, however, allayed the fear of residents, saying
though the COVID-19 is real, the state government is on top of the situation.
In a statement he signed in Ado Ekiti, ASSUS
Chairman, Sola Adigun, noted that such would prevent the close group
interactions which could hasten the spread of the virus among very active
adolescents in Secondary Schools.
Meanwhile, the Academic Staff Union of Secondary
Schools (ASUSS) has called on the state government to close down schools with
immediate effect to prevent further spread of the disease.
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