COVID-19: PRESIDENT BUHARI URGES GOVERNORS TO WORK CLOSELY WITH PTF

President Muhammad Buhari has urged state governors to ensure a close tie with the presidential task Force (PTF) on Covid-19.

The president made this known through his Special Adviser on media, Femi Adesina in a press statement.

He said the Governors should work closely with the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, to engender better harmony in the daunting task of checking the pandemic.

President Buhari spoke during an online meeting, Monday with the Governors’ Forum, disclosing that the PTF had briefed him on the next steps in the national response to the pandemic. “And I have directed that they work very closely with the Governors.”

Buhari said the pandemic was “beyond technology, power, and resources,” noting that countries that had all those, were recording the highest casualties around the world.

“We have to be very careful. We need to continue to educate and persuade the people to accept the reality of the situation, and do all that is necessary to stay safe,” the President said.

The meeting also discussed the economy and security issues among others, with the Governors commending the President on the “leadership and direction” he has given the country in the fight against COVID-19.