Fayose says stomach infrastructure is the best solution to Coronavirus lockdown
Fayose, in a statement made available to newsmen in Ado Ekiti through his Media Aide, Mr Lere Olayinka, said that his advice should be taken seriously.
According to him, hunger can kill faster than Coronavirus.
The former governor, who added that the human and economic losses, occasioned by the pandemic, would be mind-boggling, stressing “in the face of all these, leaders should remain as leaders and stand up for their people.”
He hailed the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu,
for his pro-activeness and unrelenting efforts in the management of
these challenges as well as his transparency and interface with the
people.
Fayose particularly called on the
Federal Government to emulate the Lagos State government and do more in
the area of prompt information dissemination to stem the tide of
misinformation in the country.
The statement read in part; “Regrettably, we all did not plan or ever imagined this level of attack, occasioned by COVID-19.
“Same has humbled the World Powers, not to talk of Third World countries like our country, Nigeria.
“The human and economic losses seem
endless and in the face of all these, leaders must remain leader and
stand up for their people.
“We all know the sit-at-home is
inevitable; governors and council chairmen as well as churches and
mosques that have received allocations and offerings must forget
projects and embark on full scale strategic implementation of ‘stomach
infrastructure’.
“It is time to give back to the people, as
nothing else will matter now. Yam, cassava, garri and others can be
bought locally and distributed, while bakers will be glad to be
patronised to bake for people for free daily, while it lasts.
“This will help to enforce the
government’s stay-at-home order effortlessly. The Federal Government
will be making billionaires if the so-called palliatives and physical
cash is managed by wrong hands.
“I appeal to the general public to show understanding, knowing that our challenges outweigh our income as at today.
“Today, I am sure what is on the minds of
ordinary Nigerians is: ‘on stomach infrastructure we stand’. This, if
well implemented, will no doubt help to enforce the stay-at-home order
effortlessly.”
NAN recalls that Fayose was an apostle of
stomach infrastructure while in office as governor for second term and
made it the hallmark of his administration, despite the huge criticism
that greeted the idea.
Fayose says stomach infrastructure is the best solution to Coronavirus lockdown
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