Rivers State Governor Wike Issues Fresh Stringent Covid19 Directives.

In view of the non or passive compliance with these measures, it has become compelling to also place the following parts of Port Harcourt and Obio/AkporLocal Government Areas on 24 hours complete lockdown, beginning from Tuesday 28 April 2020, till further notice:

"(i)   Elekahia, including the entire stretch of Rumukalagbor-Elekahia link road;
(ii)   Rumuomasi, including Stadium road; and
(iii)   Rumuobiokani.

"(iv) All residents in these areas must stay at home. 

All shops, mini-markets, officesand business outfits in these areas must also cease to operate until further notice.

(v)  Landlords in these areas must take personal responsibility to enforce this lockdown as we will not hesitate to pull down any commercial building or structure that opens to business in violation of this specific directive.

We are also watching the conduct of residents and traders in Rumuokoro, Rumuokurusi and Oyigbowho are refusing to adhere to the Government’s ban and restrictions on business and social gathering in the State.

These unscrupulous security officers are deliberately putting our State and the lives of our people at risk as our health system can hardly cope, should there be a surge in COVID-19 cases.

To contain this threat, we will be inaugurating the State’s Taskforce on Border Closure on Tuesday, April 28, 2020 to effectively monitor our boundaries and ensure that no unauthorized person and vehicle leaves or enters our State under any guise in breach of the lockdown order.

We have also directed the Commissioner of Social Welfare to round-up and deport all vagrants, including the almajiris, to their States of origin to protect our people from the threat they present to the transmission of this pandemic.

We have also widened our case finding and containment strategy by moving from targeted testing to active sentinel search for cases with acute symptoms across various public and private facilities and subject them to immediate testing, isolation and treatment.

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