Why Buhari Canceled Presidential Broadcast on COVID-19 today
Thompson Nsisongabasi
May 18, 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari will not address Nigerians today as earler speculated.
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The President was expected to give a broadcast on COVID-19 later tonight.
A presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, has said that there won't be any presidential broadcast on COVID-19 updates today.
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Adesina, in a tweet on his Twitter handle@FemAdesina Monday, said none was planned for today.
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He said the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 would rather during its usual media briefings bring the nation up to speed on the next steps.
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The tweet read: "No presidential broadcast on COVID-19 updates today. None was planned. Rather, the Presidential Task Force will during its usual media briefings bring the nation up to speed on the next steps."
Yesterday, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said Nigerians should expect new processes today Monday exactly two weeks after the start of a phased and gradual easing of lockdown measures in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun States.
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Mustapha said this at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari on the activities of the task force.
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He said the team had supplied Buhari with all materials needed to take necessary action on COVID-19 which he described as a marathon race.
The SGF, who said communities must now take ownership of the battle to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, said the disease would not disappear in the next two months.
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He stressed the need to protect the aged, the sick and people with underlying health challenges from the virus by maintaining the existing guidelines that banned congregation.
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He said the PTF supplied Buhari with all the materials required to look at the issues.
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"Because we're in for the long hurl, this is not a short distance race, is a marathon and we have to keep everything in perspective. "So he expressed his satisfaction with the PTF...Our numbers are going up, but you have to consider that our mortality too is not as drastic as it's being expected," he said.
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— Thompson Nsisongabasi