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PTF To NYSC, Start Planning For Resumption
Joel Ajayi
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has advised the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to start planning the resumption of its full activities.
It will be recalled that NYSC had shut down orientation camps nationwide and halted the deployment of Corps members in March as part of Nigeria’s measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease.
The Federal Government has since May started easing many of the restrictions put in place to combat the highly infectious disease.
The National Coordinator of the PTF, Sani Aliyu, announced during a media briefing in Abuja, that NYSC has been told to start planning ahead of resumption in future phases of Nigeria’s response.
According to him, we will work closely with them to design policies that may allow this to happen in the future.
The resumption will very likely not happen till at least September as the PTF also announced on Thursday that it was extending the second phase of eased lockdown for another four weeks. The phase had previously been extended two times in the past.
The PTF lamented that one of the most significant reasons for the extensions is the failure of Nigerians to adhere to safety measures put in place to combat the spread of COVID-19.
Non-pharmaceutical measures such as regular hand-washing, social distancing, and wearing face masks in public are regularly disregarded by many Nigerians, according to the PTF.
Aliyu said, “The assessment that we did has revealed that there’s a lot of non-compliance with our non-pharmaceutical interventions, a lot of disbelief, skepticism, negativity with regards to the COVID pandemic.
“It is very clear that we need to have additional interventions to improve compliance with our non-pharmaceutical measures and our protocols.”
Nigeria has recorded 45,244 coronavirus cases and 930 coronavirus-related deaths as of August 6.
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CSO Salutes Trump
A Civil Society Organization (CSO) under the aegis of Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC) has congratulated President Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States of America.
Chief Ugochukwu Nnam, President of the CSO said this in an interview with the Newsmen in Abuja on Monday.
He expressed optimism over improvement on not just American economy but global economy with the inauguration of Trump.
“This is a man with greater vision of making environment around him great.
“In less than few hours of his inauguration, TikTok is back into existence, this shows how he is going to revive the world economy,” he said.
The ILDC boss who reiterated his confidence in Trump’s Presidency, described him as a man of clues and ideas to drive a stable America and the world at large.
He lauded Trump’s collaboration with global entrepreneurs like Elon Musk in an effort to revitalize America’s economy.
According to him, men and women of ideas flock together, they work together for better society and this is what Trump is doing.
Recall that Donald Trump became the 47th President of the U.S by polling 312 electoral votes Vice President Kamala Harris’ 226 votes in Nov, 2024.
Following the oath of office, Trump will address the nation before he is expected to parade across town to the White House and attend three inaugural balls in the evening
About 200,000 supporters are expected to visit the city to mark the presidential transfer of power.
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