The Nigerian President -Muhammad Buhari has expressed his concerns over the lockdown extension on his official Tweeter handle few hours ago.
"I wholeheartedly thank all Nigerians for your patience, resolve and strong determination to defeat the Covid-19 outbreak."
"All that the Government is asking you to endure is because nowhere in the world today is there any known way of defeating this pandemic. There is no vaccine."
"Distribution of small cash payments is also being made, and will continue to be made by the Federal Government, in the States and Local Government Areas."
"But at this darkest hour, it remains our duty to offer you the full and unvarnished truth: This is a global pandemic. 210 countries and territories across the globe are affected. We cannot expect others to come to our assistance. No one is coming to defeat this virus for us."
"And that means there are choices to be made: between continuing as usual, or accepting the restrictions even when they come with unintended consequences."
"But at this darkest hour, it remains our duty to offer you the full and unvarnished truth: This is a global pandemic. 210 countries and territories across the globe are affected. We cannot expect others to come to our assistance. No one is coming to defeat this virus for us."
"The elected government could ask more of the citizens of the country that elected them than what we ask of you"
"But we must ask you - once more - to observe restrictions on movement where they are in place, and follow the instructions of our scientists and medical advisers: stay home, wash your hands, save lives"
"The freedoms we ask you to willingly forsake today will only last as long as our scientific advisers declare they are necessary. But they are essential - world over - to halt and defeat the spread of this virus."
