Don’t extend lockdown in Lagos, Abuja – Onitiri

A renowned socio-political activist and critic, Chief Adesunbo Onitiri, has advised both the Federal and Lagos State governments not to extend the ongoing lockdown in Lagos State and Abuja.

Onitiri, in a statement on Friday, said President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu should rather, as a matter of urgency, find ways to relax it.

He warned that any extension of the lockdown might lead to aggravated aggression borne out of hunger and immeasurable suffering by the masses.

According to Onitiri, what the government should do urgently is to peg the astronomical rise in food prices, provide drugs in government hospitals and offer free healthcare packages for the people.

“This is the time to suspend taxes and drastically reduce the tax for the poor masses and provide free electricity for the poor.

“If there is any lesson to be learnt from this COVID-19 pandemic, it is that we need to improve our healthcare system and education. We need to spend more on education of the masses and our health care.”