It’s serious business in Kaduna State as far as the lockdown order by Governor Nasir Elrufai is concern. Law enforcement agents are not taking things for granted. They are in every nooks and crannies of the state no matter how small a community is enforcing the lock down order without fear of favour.
The state government gave the lock down other two weeks ago to tame the spread of the novel Coronavirus.
It’s week three of the lock down and while a few Communities manage to stay indoors, it’s a tough task for residents of Zonkwa.
Located in Southern part of Kaduna, Zonkwa a Christian dominated town is the Headquarter of Zangon Kataf Local government area of the state. The town which only enjoyed electricity in the first five days of the lockdown, is now in total blackout caused by a torrential rainfall that collapsed the high tension cables in the town. This has not been going down well with residents of the town especially now that the state government has intensified the enforcement of the lock down order. “….these poles have been down for two weeks now and no attempt to raise them…we are suffering in this lock down….” Yazonom Iliyasu a resident of Zonkwa told TNG.
Commissioner of Internal Affairs Samuel Aruwan led a team of heavily armed security operatives on Saturday to the town to ensure that the usual Saturday Market activities did not take place. Religious organisations have been adhering to the lock down order by using the social media and other online platforms to connect to their faithfuls but the electricity challenge is really a contriant to them. One of the clergy men Pastor Yusuf Dauda from Fadan Kaje area of the town pleaded with the state government to include the constant supply of electricity among it’s palliatives measures during the lock down.
Kaduna State has a total of six(6) Covid-19 cases including the State Governor Malam Nasir Elrufai who was the index case.