The Nigeria Labour Congress has called on the Federal Government not
to extend the lockdown order on COVID-19, warning that doing so might
cause social unrest in the affected states and the Federal Capital
Territory.
In a letter addressed to the chairman of the Presidential Task Force
on COVID-19 and dated April fourteenth, 2020, which was signed by the
NLC president, Ayuba Wabba, the union also frowned at the method
employed by the federal government in the distribution of the
palliative measure, calling for the expansion of the initiative to all
Nigerians affected by the pandemic.
The union said it understands the public health imperatives for
extending the lockdown in some parts of the country but it is also
very important to underscore the fact that the states currently under
total lockdown are the economic and administrative nerve centers of
Nigeria.
Calling for a balanced game, the association said as much as it is
important to keep many Nigerians from dying in the hands of
coronavirus, loss of income and the accompanying destitution can also
be a pathfinder for numerous other sicknesses and deaths.
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