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BUBA CALLS FOR MORE VIGILANCE,BROADER SENSITIZATION CAMPAIGNS AS ADAMAWA GETS FIRST COVID 19 INDEX CASE

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BUBA CALLS FOR MORE VIGILANCE,BROADER SENSITIZATION CAMPAIGNS AS ADAMAWA GETS FIRST COVID 19 INDEX CASE

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PRESS RELEASE.

BUBA CALLS FOR MORE VIGILANCE AND BROADER SENSITIZATION CAMPAIGNS AS ADAMAWA STATE GETS FIRST COVID 19 INDEX CASE.

Following the discovery , Thursday,of an index case in the fight against the COVID 19 pandemic in Adamawa State, Honourable Member representing Gombi/ Hong Federal Constituency of the State in the House of Representatives,Rt. Hon. Yusuf Buba Yakub,has called on members of his Constituency and the State to step up sensitization activities and information- dissemination mechanisms in the major indigenous languages in the area.

Rt. Hon. Buba,who revealed the above in a statement made available to his media handlers in Abuja, Friday,also used the occasion to felicitate with all Muslims on the commencement of the holy month of Ramadan. The Federal lawmaker urged the Islamic faithful in his Constituency and across the country to use the holy month to pray for Allah’s forgiveness and for an end to the COVID 19 pandemic.

In his words:
“As would be expected,I am today saddened by the fact that what we dreaded in my State about the Novel Coronavirus outbreak across the country has finally happened: Just yesterday the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control ( NCDC) reported an index case of the disease in our State, Adamawa.

“Gladly, however,let me be quick to also add here that it is now time for all the preparations we have made these past weeks to come into play. We have come to the stage of implementation. As we are already told,the source of this first case of the disease in our State is well- known. It, therefore,calls for more awareness and sensitization campaigns to avoid spreading the disease further in our communities. Community transmission,we are told, is where the danger primarily lies. We must, therefore,step up all activities now to get our people fully and continuously informed on what to do to stay safe and free of the virus”.

While directing members of _Hon. Yusuf Captain Buba Coronavirus Trust_ _Fund_ to increase the frequency of sensitization activities on local broadcast media and to translate their campaign messages in more indigenous languages,like Honna and Fulfude,the Gombi/ Hong Rep,who is Chairman,House Committee on Foreign Affairs, used the occasion to call for greater vigilance among the people in the bid to combat the COVID 19 pandemic and support for all initiatives and guidelines of Governments at all levels aimed at stemming the rising tide of the virus.

*Nkem Anyata-Lafia*
Special Adviser to the Hon. Member on Media and Public Affairs.
*April 24,2020.*