As part of measures to curtail the spread of COVID-19, Governors of the South West States of Nigeria on Friday resolved to shut all entry points to the region
The six States in the zone are Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Ekiti, Osun and Ondo.
Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu who is also Chairman of the South West Governors’ Forum, explained in a statement that he and his colleagues took the decisions during a virtual meeting on Friday.
Akeredolu said: “The State Governors agreed that people involved in essential services or dealing in medicine, water and consumable items, in particular traders and market men/women, should endeavour to wear nose masks while outside plying their trade to minimize the spread of the deadly virus.
“The Governors further agreed that wearing of nose masks will be made compulsory for everybody coming out of their homes effective from Friday, 24 April, 2020 in their respective states.”
