Kwara govt directs civil servants to work from home over coronavirus
The Kwara State Government has directed all civil servants
to work from home following the outbreak of coronavirus in the country.
In a statement released by Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq,
all civil servants apart from the Ministry of Health and essential workers, are
to work from home beginning on Monday, March 23 until further notice.
The Kwara State Governor who ordered the closure of all
public and private nurseries, primary, secondary and state-owned Tertiary
institutions, also placed a ban on public gatherings of more than 25 people.
Governor Abdulrazaq revealed plans of building additional
and well-equipped 12-bed intensive care unit at the General Hospital, Ilorin.
It was further gathered that a “COVID-19 Technical Committee” comprising of
healthcare professionals and officials whose primary responsibility is to
assist our administration in combating COVID-19 in Kwara State, have been
constituted. The committee is headed by the Deputy Governor of the state.
The statement reads in parts;
As individuals, we
are all responsible for the general well-being of fellow Kwarans and should
work together to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by:
1) washing our
hands frequently with soap and water for at least 20 seconds as much as
possible daily;
2)avoiding
touching our eyes, mouths, and noses;
3) covering our
mouths and noses with our bent elbow or tissue when we cough or sneeze;
4) staying more
than 1 meter (3 feet) away from a person who is sick and coughing, and wearing
a mask if you are ill (especially if coughing) or looking after someone who is
ill and coughing;
5) abstaining from
handshaking until the threat of this COVID-19 is zero; and
6) avoiding
crowded area and minimising any gathering to a maximum of 25.
As a community, we
must do everything possible to prevent any transmission of COVID-19 by
embracing the concept of social distancing and self-isolation. These measures
are to prevent anyone that may be infected with COVID-19 from spreading the
disease to others.
An exponential
spread of COVID-19 in our community might be catastrophic because we could have
thousands of our citizens sick at the same time.
Given the
aforementioned and the global health emergency situation, our administration
has taken the following difficult but important decisions to protect Kwarans:
1) Closure of all
public and private nurseries, primary, secondary and state-owned Tertiary
institutions.
2) Aside from
Ministry of health and essential workers, all civil servants are to work from
home.
3) All gatherings
of more than 25 people are hereby discouraged until further notice.
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