Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, has asked the federal government to relax the curfew imposed in Kano state following reports of mysterious deaths in the State.
Ganduje made the appeal while inaugurating a panel of experts led by the President of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, Professor Musa Borodo, to support the State Fask Force technical committee.
There has been waves of unprecedented deaths in the State with many of the cemeteries overwhelmed by the number of bodies being brought for burial.
The Kano State Governor said relaxation of the curfew became necessary because people are running out of food.
According to Ganduje, ““we would engage the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to seek permission to relax the total lockdown imposed on Kano. We are making this appeal on behalf of our people who are presently running out of food items.
“We would love the federal government to relax the lockdown for a period of time to enable people stock their homes, especially now that majority of us are fasting. It will also ease the economic hardship in the state.”
The NCDC has activated a second Coronavirus (COVID-19) test centre in Kano State. The State is emerging the epicentre of COVID-19 infections with 80 of the 204 new cases reported on Thursday. Lagos had 45 the same Thursday.