Socio-political activist and critic, Chief Adesunbo Onitiri, has pleaded with the Federal and Lagos State governments not to extend the coronavirus lockdown in both Lagos State and Abuja.
He said in a statement on Friday that President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu should find an alternative solution to the growing pandemic.
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He noted that if the lockdown is extended, it can result in hunger induced anger as well as severe suffering on the part of the citizens.
According to Onitiri, what the government should do urgently is to peg the astronomical rise in food prices, provide drugs in government hospitals and offer free healthcare packages for the people.
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He said: “This is the time to suspend taxes and drastically reduce the tax for the poor masses and provide free electricity for the poor.
“If there is any lesson to be learnt from this Covid 19 pandemic, it is that we need to improve our healthcare system and education. We need to spend more on education of the masses and our health care.”