Kaduna State Government has extended the lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic in the state by 30 days.

This was contained in a statement on Sunday signed by Muyiwa Adekeye, media aide to Governor Nasir El-Rufai.

The government had imposed its quarantine orders on the state for one month beginning March 26.

According to the statement, the governor’s extension decision followed the recommendation of the State Standing Committee on COVID-19 chaired by the Deputy Governor, Dr Hadiza Balarabe.

It said the increasing record of coronavirus cases in neighbouring cities, especially Abuja, called for stiffer measures to be taken to curb the spread of the pandemic.

The government stated that the lockdown extension is effective Sunday, April 26, 2020, adding that the two-day window during which the restriction of movement was relaxed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays has been reduced to only one day; Wednesdays.

The statement read in part, “All persons that venture out of their homes for whatever reason must wear facemasks and observe social distancing everywhere they go, in markets and in authorised vehicles.


“All residents of Kaduna State are quarantined and must stay at home. No office, event centre, market, shop or business of any sort or place of worship is allowed to open.

“The only category of persons exempted are workers in essential services such as health workers, the fire service, water corporation, electricity distribution and security personnel. Tankers conveying fuel to petrol stations are also permitted to move.

“Businesses in the food and pharmaceutical value-chain are exempted and shall enjoy the protection accorded to other essential services.



“Schools, places of worship, event centres, sports grounds, bars, restaurants, public parks and all other places where large crowds could gather are to remain closed until further notice.”

The government stressed that no visitor is welcome in the state during the pandemic, adding that mobile courts have been empowered to try violators and impose the prescribed penalties, including fines, imprisonment and forfeiture of vehicles, upon conviction.

According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control as of Saturday night, 10 of the 1182 coronavirus cases reported in the country were confirmed in Kaduna State.



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WTF

1 month gbako

Anarchy is coming very soon... Stay tuned.

Hope this man has also thought of the consequences of his action. One month? Too much.

X

Nor b even 2 weeks

I don't believe this

Can he enforce it? Abi na this same lockdown that people are still going about their normal business...police self are tired of enforcing it

30 days? Dis man wicked ooh! Do u want pple to start eating Dia yansh

Wike own go worst.

Wtf!

It used to be lockdown.

This is Shutdown

The Cure can’t be worst than the Illness. The Illness is death. So the lockdown is good so as to protect the people.

How can you call this lockdown op? This one na shutdown o. One month again?

gloriaunobi:
I don't believe this

It is true..Check twitter

He just dug his grave if is true,because the masses wil feast on his flesh whic he has ordered to be sacrificed against their means of livlihood.
evil govr,agent of satan,God has over ruled your rubbish order! C0vid is treatable yet you govt ppl are killin 1000s of citizens with your evil lockdown extns machinery while only 33covid deaths is recorded in naija since 2019.Oloshi God wil expose all of you and your co-conspirators takin advantag of this covid to rob the masses!

Who will feed the hungry people?

No palliatives?

The People Have Seen The Effect Of This WWW3 Coro19. God Save Them And We All.

I trust those people there, we go hear a before 12 tomorrow

A sensible man won’t lock his people for another 30 days straight. Except if he’s provided or is willing to provide for them.

They call him Malam. I call him TYRANT.

Oshkosch:
The Cure can’t be worst than the Illness. The Illness is death. So the lockdown is good so as to protect the people.

You are a fool to write this rubbish. Are yu derf?
Arent yu hearin tht Covid cure is not coming anytime soon for even monthz to come.And Countries hard hit are reopening biz life to revive citizens livelihood.
You beta lock your miserable self indoors for life.How can jst spew rubbish not mindin d excrutiatin hardship over 70% nigerians are facin now fr excessive lockdown.

Hav yu counted the covid 33deaths compared to lockdown 100s deathss across state caused by its rising crimes,brutality of security agents and starvation?
You must be one of d evil selfcentred politrickcians or relatn tht stoc up food thinkin yu are jst fine indoors. Look is one little mass action is enough to smoke you out and likes of you from your comfort zones.

Chaiiiii hellrufai

I smell trouble in Naija. 30 days, it better not be true....

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTyHuNo7ddzZxFtw0_jwAxw?sub_confirmation=1


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOLfIWQA1mI

Wtf? Well, buhari always take care of his own.

He should lock it six months so that all of them will die by hunger and finally reduce the earth population that bill gates so much likes

suremanpatriot:

You are a fool to write this rubbish. Are yu derf?
Arent yu hearin tht Covid cure is not coming anytime soon for even monthz to come.And Countries hard hit are reopening biz life to revive citizens livelihood.
You beta lock your miserable self indoors for life.How can jst spew rubbish not mindin d excrutiatin hardship over 70% nigerians are facin now fr excessive lockdown.

Hav yu counted the covid 33deaths compared to lockdown 100s deathss across state caused by its rising crimes,brutality of security agents and starvation?
You must be one of d evil selfcentred politrickcians or relatn tht stoc up food thinkin yu are jst fine indoors. Look is one little mass action is enough to smoke you out and likes of you from your comfort zones.

why are you crying like this?are you from Kaduna state?are we complaining to you? if you like cry from today till eternity na u get your mount as long as the lockdown will contain the spreading of the virus we are okay with it