SAN FRANCISCO, May 21, (THEWILL) – The Northern Governors Forum has called for support of the federal government as it claimed that 54% of COVID-19 cases in the country are from the region.
The forum, in a meeting chaired by its head, Simon Lalong, Governor of Plateau State, also reached decisions to help in the mitigation of COVID-19.
In a communique sent by the governors, they said there has been “appreciable” progress in the return of Almajiri kids to their home states.
“The Governors also maintained their earlier decision to purchase COVID-19 Mobile Testing Vans which have already been ordered to boost testing of more citizens especially in the rural areas,” the communique read.
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“On enforcing closure of inter-state boundary roads, the Northern Governors again expressed disappointment that despite several measures taken, including Presidential orders, there are still violations where people move from one State to another through compromise and use of illegal routes.
“The forum resolved to continue their appeal to the Federal Government for support to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, as the northern region now has about 54% of the national cases and 70 percent of new infections.”
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