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CUPP applauds Buhari’s lockdown of Abuja, Lagos, Ogun, hails other directives
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari for locking down Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states over Covid-19.
Buhari in a national broadcast on Sunday announced a lockdown of Abuja, Lagos and Ogun for an initial period of 14 days, to contain the spread of coronavirus in Nigeria.
Reacting in a statement by its national spokesman, Imo Ikenga Ugochinyere, the CUPP said it was in support of the directive by Buhari.
The coalition also hailed Buhari’s directive suspending loan repayments by small businesses, saying it was laudable.
The CUPP further hailed the President for conversion of public infrastructures to isolation centres.
Noting that the President’s broadcast was better late than never, CUPP said the directives would “go a long way in salvaging the health crisis which the virus has thrown the nation into.”
The statement read in part, “The opposition political parties are of the view that the order will go a long way in salvaging the health crisis which the virus has thrown the nation into.
“We also hail the decision of the Federal Government to suspend loan repayments by small businesses, describing it as laudable.”
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