Governor Mai Mala Buni of Borno state has appealed to traders not to hoard foodstuff or hike prices of goods or foodstuff as a result of the governments announced lockdown of offices and some businesses or working places as part of measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease in the state and country at large.
A statement issued Tuesday by the Director General Press and Media Affairs to the Governor, Malam Mamman Muhammed, said any hike in prices of foodstuff or hoarding of food may inflict more hardship on the innocent people.
It also urged the people to also complement government’s efforts in ensuring total prevention of the CIVID-19 pandemic bedevilling the world at large.
Governor Buni had directed the closure of the state entries or borders from Tuesday midnight to curtail citizens of the state from importing the dreaded coronavirus disease into the state which has zero status.
The statement added that Governor Buni has assured that his government had taken adequate measures to prevent and control the disease as well as establish isolation centers with sophisticated equipments apart from constituting a high powered committee on coronavirus in the state under the chairmanship of the state deputy governor, Hon. Idi Barde Gubana.
The statement further stated that a Public Health Emergency Rapid Response Team was also established to closely monitor any suspicious case while imploring the citizens of the state to continue to adhere strictly to the medical advises given by the health experts and avoid close distance, social gathering and wash of hand with medicated soap or use of sanitiser among others.
