The Oyo State House of Assembly has asked the Governor Seyi Makinde led government to pay attention to the porous nature of the state’s borders and extend testing to those border areas.
The Assembly said this call became expedient due to the continued entry of foreign nationals into the state via borders in Oke-Ogun and Ogbomoso areas.
Noting that if unchecked, the people of the state are made more susceptible to contracting coronavirus, the lawmakers urged the state governor to see to it that the border towns and routes are heavily manned by security agencies.
These calls by lawmakers for the state government to step up its efforts in containing further spread was drawn from a motion by…
Source: Nigerian Tribune
