Nigeria’s Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that the President is concerned about the problems caused by the lockdown imposed on citizens due to COVID-19 Pandemic.
President Buhari had ordered a total lockdown on Lagos, Ogun and FCT due to the high number of COVID-19 cases recorded in those states.
However, Osinbajo in a statement disclosed the President is seriously concerned about the welfare and survival of daily wage earners during the lockdown.
Osinbajo made the disclosure while speaking to NTA correspondents, he said the federal government is working to provide palliatives that will cushion the negative impact of the lockdown on citizens
“What we are concerned about is how to ensure that the economy remains stable, that jobs are protected and if possible, more jobs are created”
“We are very concerned about that and the President has expressed very serious concerns about the problems that may be associated with the lockdown.
“Many of our people work for a daily wage, they have to go out to work, so we have to think in terms of how to ensure that we are able to give them some succour during the period when they are not able to work.
“Some of those issues are the issues Mr President wanted me to discuss fully with him. Of course, we have the Economic Sustainability Committee and shortly we are going to submit a full report to Mr President on our thoughts and ideas.
“Mr President asked me to meet with him in particular to resolve some of the pressing issues around COVID-19 and also around the economic problems that we are seeing already.” said Mr. Vice-President
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