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Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi says he will not totally lockdown the state even as the cases of Coronavirus pandemic increased in the country.
Reports say that the state is currently experiencing a dusk to dawn curfew ordered by the governor to check the spread of COVID-19.
Umahi, who made the declaration on Sunday in Abakaliki, said he considered the economic peculiarities of the state in reaching the decision.
“I considered the state’s poverty index as those agitating that I close all markets have to re-evaluate their suggestions.
“We have not recorded any index case of COVID-19 and therefore, there is no need to entirely shut our economic activities,” he said in a statement by Uchenna Orji, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation.
The governor thanked residents of the state for their patience over the dusk to dawn curfew, noting that their compliance was ‘encouraging’.
“The level of compliance attests to the great work of our local government area chairmen, coordinators of development centres, security agencies, among other stakeholders in the battle against this virus.
“I am of the opinion that if by May 1, 2020, and there is no record of the disease in Ebonyi, we shall lift the 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. curfew but maintain total closure of the boundaries within a distance of 300 meters radius.
“We shall also be lifting the ban on motorcycles by May 1, if we do not record any case as I appeal to motorcyclists to exercise more patience as I re-evaluate the situation,” he said.
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