Ayade: Lockdown Extension Will Spell Doom For Nigeria
POLITICS DIGEST – Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has warned against extension of lockdown of the country in response to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), saying it will spell doom and give rise to uncontrollable restiveness to the country.
Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) had on Wednesday agreed on interstate lockdown to curb the spread of the pandemic across states.
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Ayade, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Christian Ita, pointed out, “With prices of oil falling, locking out is far better than locking down because another two weeks of lockdown will find this country under siege by young people. There is no way you can hold down these young energies for too long.
“It is demographic. According to statistics, 65 per cent of the population is below the age of 35 and the virus itself does not have penetrative force in such demography. That is what we have to recognise as a country.”
The governor argued that the difference in climate conditions between the west and Africa was the reason the pandemic was ravaging the former.