Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra state has imposed a curfew on the state to
check the spike of COVID-19 pandemic in the state.
Prof. Solo Chukwudobelu, Secretary to the State Government in a
statement on Frjday, said the curfew which would start on Monday next
week would last from 9pm to 6am daily.
Obiano also directed workers in the state from Grade Level 1 to 12 to
work from home.
He threatened to shut down markets in the state if they failed to
observed COVID-19 protocols as prescribed.
The statement read in part, ” Government of Anambra state has announced
the introduction of curfew in the state to help check the spread of
COVID-19 virus. The curfew which will last from 9pm to 6am daily, will
start on Monday, 8th February 2021, until further notice.
“His Excellency, Governor Willie Obiano has directed that civil servants
in the state from grade level one to 12 to work from home until further
notice, with immediate effect.
“The state government has activated and made operational mobile courts
to try COVID-19 protocol offenders, beginning from Monday, 8th February
2021”.
“Also, the state COVID-19 Task Force, including the Ministry of Health,
and Ministry of Trade and Commerce have been empowered to increase their
hospitals and markets surveillance, and to close immediately any
hospital (private and government-owned), and markets that do not comply
with COVID-19 protocols in their operations.”
This came some days after the State House of Assembly was shutdown for
fumigation against the virus.
The Speaker of the Assembly, Uche Okafor, said the complex was closed
following a medical report that showed that many people using the
facility tested positive for the virus.
Traditional rulers in the state on Feb. 3, 2021 underwent the COVID-19
test as part of the state’s institutional measures against the spread of
the pandemic.