COVID-19: West African group urges Ganduje to sustain efforts
Former Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs and Community Leader, Chief James Olumudi is dead.
The customs boss died in Kabba, his home town, Kabba-Bunu local government area of Kogi State on Friday at the age of 72.
Family sources told Daily Trust Saturday that Chief Olumudi was active up till the morning of his demise before complaining of stomach upset.
“Yes, he is dead. He paid his personal staff this morning. Ate his food and complained a little after of stomach upset and was rushed to St John private hospital kabba, where he died,” the source said.
Born in Kabba town, on 28th December 1948. He attended St. Mary School Primary, Kabba and Baptist Day Primary School, Zaria from 1953-1960.
He was admitted into Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, from September 1969 to June 1972 and graduated with a degree in history.
In 1972, he enlisted into
A West African group, Coalition against COVID19 in Africa (CACinAf), has urged the Kano State Governor Umar Ganduje to sustain his efforts in combating the spread of
Nigeria Customs Service as an Asst Preventive Supt and rose to the rank of an Assistant Comptroller General in 1999.
He was also said to have played a key role in the establishment of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
In the course of his service, he worked at Jos, Port-Harcourt, Ibadan, Lagos, Kano, and Sokoto. He held command posts at MM Airport Drug Unit, Sokoto Pan-Atlantic and was Zonal Coordinator at Kaduna and Lagos where he retired in 2004.
COVID-19 in the state.
Coordinator of the group, John Kumasi Attah, disclosed this via a letter sent to the governor, following an agreement by the group’s executives after a virtual meeting held yesterday.
“We can see how Kano
The National Coordinator, Nigerian Youth Coalition for Democracy, Good Governance and Development, Haruna Yusuf Abba, has expressed regret over the incessant killings and other security challenges in the country, especially in the north.
Speaking at a world press conference in Jos, the Plateau State capital, Abba said the unwarranted killings, insurgency, rape, banditry, kidnappings, robbery and other violent attacks and acts of criminality are barbaric acts alien to the culture of northerners.
He called on President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State, who is also the Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, to do all they can to restore security, peace and tranquillity in the region.
The Jigawa State government said markets across the state may be locked down again if the non-compliance with covid-19 protocol persisted.
The State Commissioner for Health, who is also the chairman, state taskforce on Covid-19, Dr Abba Zakari Umar, disclosed this to Daily Trust Saturday Thursday when he visited Maigatari market to monitor level of compliance.
“Majority are not using
State is leading in this fight. We knew many strategic ways of COVID-19 response were copied from Kano State. Such things include boundary closure, inclusion of traditional institutions, training and re-training of health workers, till when the
The Osun State government yesterday said there might be another lockdown in the state given the surge in recent cases of COVID19 with 22 new confirmed cases yesterday.
The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, said the discovery of 22 new cases 24 hours after 17 cases were confirmed was worrisome and the state government would likely declare another lockdown. He noted that residents and citizens were flouting the lockdown relaxation guidelines. face masks. Before this time, we invited the leadership of all the markets in Jigawa and had this agreement. We have also read the riot act to them, that if you don’t ensure that people use face masks in your markets, it will be closed,” he said.
The commissioner said the situation was similar across markets in the state with promises by the leadership that there will be improvement.
He said the team will discuss at the taskforce level to take a final decision, saying however, state became the Training Centre for the Northern Nigeria, among many other things”, part of the letter said.
CACinAf further urged Ganduje to “keep the good effort up” in the overall interest of the people.
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He said 11 of the new cases were from the ongoing contact tracing within Ede community, while the remaining were from the previous cases in Osogbo and its environs.
“The virus is still very much with us. We must observe precautionary measures if we must avoid community transmission.
“With the latest development, the number of our active cases as at today, Friday, June 26, is 54. We have 106 confirmed cases, out of which the State has successfully treated and discharged 47 patients while five deaths have been recorded,” he said. the governor was clear during his broadcast that any market that was not complying will be closed and will not be opened until after the pandemic.
In his reaction, the Sarkin Kasuwa of Maigatari market, Muhammadu Ibrahim, said the level of non-compliance in the market had to do with its population and complexity.
He however appealed to the government to consider the plight of the people, promising that the leadership will do its best to ensure compliance.