Governor Godwin Obaseki has announced a dusk to dawn curfew in Edo State as part of measures to curtail the spread of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the State.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Governor Obaseki made the announcement on Sunday during the Edo State government COVID-19 response team briefing.
The Governor also announced mandating security agencies to enforce compliance with the curfew, stressing that, “if people are not well and alive we cannot talk about tomorrow”.
He said, “Dear Edo people, in order to ensure strict compliance with measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 in our dear State, I have imposed a daily curfew from 7pm to 6am effective from April 20, 2020.
“Security agencies are mandated to enforce compliance with this curfew. I want to assure all of you that we are fully prepared to combat this pandemic”.
The Governor further stated, Our approach to impose a partial lockdown was to ensure that we do not totally shutdown the economy and expose the people to the hardships and fatal incidents that have been witnessed in other States that opted for a total lockdown”.
The order would be reviewed after 10 days after increased screening and testing, the Governor said.