News
Lagos to enforce use of face mask from next week (Video)
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Monday the state government may start enforcing the use of face masks in public places from next week.
Sanwo-Olu stated this while giving an update on the COVID-19 situation at the State House, Marina.
He said one million locally-made face masks had been contracted to tailors and would be distributed during the week.
He said: “There have been questions about whether we are planning to introduce a face mask wearing policy.
“Our simple answer is that it may be compulsory to wear one in public places from next week.
“We have already commissioned local production in large quantities in a way that will suit our environment and be pocket-friendly.
”This, however, does not mean that everyone should rush out to buy the medical grade masks as these should be reserved solely for our health workers on the frontline of the battle.
READ ALSO: COVID-19: Lagos to prosecute patients who lie about travel history
“For everyone, aside the health workers, the locally made non-medical grade masks will suffice.”
He urged residents not to discriminate against those who had been treated and discharged as they were free to relate with their families and the community.
The governor, who said the state had recorded 14 deaths, maintained there was no need for residents to panic. Watch the video below:
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
German Police bust alleged Nigerian scam dating ring
German authorities have arrested eleven individuals suspected of being members of a Nigerian mafia group involved in a large-scale dating...
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...