Anambra State Government has charged state traditional rulers to
assist in aggressive spreading of COVID-19 preventive protocols in
their domains.
The Commissioner for Health, Dr Vincent Okplala made the appeal while
briefing the State Council of Traditional Rulers at their Government
House Chamber in Awka.
Health correspondent, Chibuzor Okoye reports that
Commissioner Okplala while thanking the royal fathers for their
indispensable roles in the fight against Coronavirus disease,
maintained that a lot more is expected from them in the areas of
aggressive sensitization of their subjects to ensure that they do
observe all COVID-19 protocols.
Dr. Okpala who revealed that Anambra State has a COVID-19 testing
centre that has the capacity to test four thousand five hundred
persons a week at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching
Hospital, Amaku Awka, urged people to feel free and get tested each
time they develop COVID-19 related symptoms, as according to him,
testing positive of the disease is not a death sentence.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Indigenous Medicine and Herbal
Practice, Dr. Onyekachukwu Ibezim said that his office has sent six
indigenous herbal medicines to the National Agency for Food, Drug
Administration and Control for examination and urged residents of the
state to start eating natural foods which he said boost immune system, which is an antidote to fighting the virus.
Responding, the chairman, South East Council of Traditional Rulers and
traditional ruler of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe, who unveiled that he
has done COVID-19 test that came out negative, urged his counterparts
to help government to eradicate the spread of the disease in their
various communities by ensuring that all COVID-19 protocols are
steadily observed.
Questions and suggestions on how best to tackle the prevalence of the
disease were equally made during the meeting.
Some of the traditional rulers present during the meeting were Igwe
Kenneth Orizu of Nnewi, Igwe Rowland Odegbo of Nteje, Peter Uyanwa of
Ukwulu, George Ekwealor of Umuoba Anam, Ben Emeka of Umueri among others.
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