Why I haven't visited my hometown, Ilorin since my appointment – Chief of Staff, Gambari

Date: 2021-02-03

Chief of Staff to the President, Prof Ibrahim Gambari has said he has not visited his hometown, Ilorin, Kwara State, since his appointment in May 2020 due to the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.

He spoke at the commissioning of the State House Clinic Special Care Centre (COVID-19 Isolation Centre), on Tuesday.

The Chief of Staff called on Nigerians to ensure compliance with the non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 some of which include the use of face masks, hand wash and social distancing.

"It may interest you to know that since my appointment into this position in May 2020, I have not been to Ilorin, Kwara State, my hometown," Gambari said.

'However, the Chief of Staff lamented the approach of Nigerians to the non-pharmaceutical intervention, which he distributed as unfortunate.

Gambari said the people of his hometown, Ilorin believe that only rich people suffer from COVID-19.

"But as Mr President often says, COVID-19 is a respecter of nobody. Rich and poor, powerful or weak, all of us must respond to this very effectively," he said.

"For me who sees the President many times in a day, I have to take responsibility and if that involves giving up going to the town of my birth, so be it." Gambari urged citizens of Nigeria to embrace the new vaccine which is meant to protect them from the virus and do whatever it takes to keep themselves safe.

The Federal Government has said tha the COVID-19 vaccine is not meant to kill Africans as speculated by many.

Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha said this on Tuesday at the inauguration of the State House Clinic Special Care Centre (COVID-19 Isolation Centre), Abuja.

Mustapha dismissed the conspiracy theory surrounding the vaccine, stressing that no country was interested in spending money just to kill Africans.

The SGF said the FG would continue to sensitize Nigerians on the benefit of been vaccinated against the dreaded virus.

He stressed that absence of the vaccine may deny Nigerians from traveling outside the country.

Recall that Nigerians, especially some religious leaders have kicked against the vaccine, saying there were other motives behind its production.

Recall also that the former senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, had in a video urged Nigerians to steer clear of the vaccine, maintaining that the speed at which the vaccine is being produced remains suspicious.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Niyi Ogundiran     Fatimat Saliu     Oke-opin     Ayekale     MINILS     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     IHS Towers     Hussein Olokooba     Alaiye     Folashade Omoniyi     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Adedipe     Gobir Organization Foundation     ER-KANG     Oya State     Muhammed Akanbi     Abdullahi Biffo     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Nnazua     Owu Fall     Alapado     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Ladi Hassan     Mike Omotosho     Olaoye B. Felix     Mufti Of Ilorin     Arinola Lawal     Bamidele Adegoke     Plat Technologies Limited     JSSCE     Yahaya Muhammad     Pacify Labs     SSA Youth     Agboola Abdulraheem     Apaola     Usman Rifun     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Millennium Development Goals     Gbemi Saraki     Abioye Bello     Afonja Descendants Union     Elerinjare     Folorunsho Erubu     Akanbi-Oke     Kwara Central     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Laduba     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Oko     Bolaji Gambari     Babaloja-General     Turaki     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Kayode Zubair     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Kabir Shagaya     Nupe     NFAI     Oluwole Dupe     Shoprite     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Ariyo     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Saad Omo Iya     Bashirat Bola Bello     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Seni Saraki     JUSUN     Binta Sulyman     Buhari     Musa Abdullahi     Awodun    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Moses Rahman Popoola     Adegoke Bamidele     Bank Of Industry     Erin-ile     Danladi     Alabi Lawal     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Amoyo     Oro Grammar School     George Funsho Adebayo     Fatimah Abdulkadir     IYA YUSUF     Saad Belgore     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     United Nigeria Congress Party     Isiaka Yusuf     Michael Ologundea     Simeon Sayomi     Suleiman Mora Omar     Sunday Otokiti     Magaji Erubu     Jebba     Paul Olawoore     Alapado     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Saadu Yusuf     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     NITDA     Islamic Development Bank     Albert Ogunsola     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     John Olajide Adedipe     Madawaki     Ogbondoroko     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Monthly Sanitation     Bello Oyedepo     Harafat E. Mukadam     Ajidagba     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Adedeji Onimago     Admiralty Villa     N-Power     Tayo Alao     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Salaudeen Oyewale     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Baba-Isale     Okiki     Alaaya     Halidu Danbaba     Jamiu Oyawoye     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Musa Abdullahi     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Jumoke Gafar     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Kannike     Musa Alhassan Buge     New Model Police Station     Erubu     Gbemi Saraki     Opobiyi     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Kwara State Governor     Sobi     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Sulaiman Gado     HYPPADEC     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Madawaki Of Ilorin