The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), Kola Ologbondiyan, on Monday asked Kogi State Governor, Yahaya
Bello, to apologise to the people of the state for misleading them on COVID-19.
Ologbondiyan, in a statement, while reacting to the
declaration of lockdown in Kabba Bunu Local Government Area of the state
following an alleged index case, said the governor needs to apologise to the
people for not allowing COVID-19 test and for not providing the desired
leadership since the emergence of the pandemic in the country.
Ologbondiyan, who hails from Kabba Bunu LGA, said
the governor needs to apologise for mounting his treadmill and shadow boxing with
COVID-19 when he was expected to lead the campaign against the pandemic.
He disclosed that the governor did not show the
required seriousness in leadership in the fight against the pandemic in the
state, saying as a governor, he ought to apologise for also not funding even
the committee he set up to fight the virus, and for not providing palliatives
to the people like was done in other states.
The PDP spokesman said the machinery has been put
in place to monitor the lockdown and to see that Bello provides palliative to
the people during the period, lamenting that while other states took advantage
of the COVID-19 to improve their health facilities and infrastructure, that
could not be said of Kogi State.
He urged the people of Kabba Bunu to be
strengthened by the fact that measures would be put in place for their safety
and well-being, describing COVID-19 as a global pandemic and not a death
sentence.
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