DELTA GOVT. TO PUT PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES IN PLACE AHEAD OF SCHOOLS RESUMPTION
OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO/GODWIN AYOBAMI RACHAEL
Delta State Government has said that it would put all necessary precautionary measures in place before academic activities resumes in the state.
This was disclosed by Mr. Charles Aniagwu, Commissioner for Information in an interactive session with the NUJ Warri Correspondents Chapel in Governor’s Office Annex, Warri.
Mr. Aniagwu said that government would among other things fumigate the schools before students resumed.
“According to the Commissioner, “schools might not resume in the next one week, we will put all measures in place before children will be allowed to resume academic activities.”
Mr. Aniagwu added, “we will fumigate the schools to ensure safety of our children, so schools might not resume in the next one week.”
The Commissioner further disclosed that the state government has upscaled it’s healthcare facilities adding that it now has six isolation centres with two coming from corporate bodies.
He noted, “we are not just upscaling our health facilities because of COVID-19, we are looking beyond the pandemic to the benefit of our people.”
Mr. Aniagwu said that amid the challenges of the global pandemic, the state government was still committed to building a stronger Delta through infrastructural development.
Responding to a question, the Commissioner said that the state government was about to float a domestic security outfit codenamed ‘Operation Delta Hawks’ to complement the existing security apparatus in the state.
According to him, the security outfit would deal with domestic security issues in the state.
He reiterated the state government’s commitment to regional security outfit.
He further added, “regional security outfit will deal with security issues across the region while state security will deal with security issues within the state.”
Mr. Aniagwu urged the people to continue support the government to enable it to deliver on its promises.
The commissioner was accompanied by Mr Olisa Ifejiaka, Chief Press Secretary to the Delta governor, Ifeanyi Okowa and some other government aides.
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