Lagosians Call for Lockdown as Compliance Level Remains Low

• Lagosians Call for Lockdown as Compliance Level Remains Low

Many Lagosians are calling for another lockdown of Nigeria’s commercial capital after efforts to ensure people comply with simple guidelines failed.

In a survey conducted by Lagos State Govt on Twitter, 55.7 percent voted for the state to be totally locked down again while 32.3 percent voted against it. The remaining 12 percent were neutral.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu last week threatened to lock down the state if the level of compliance remained low despite measures put in place to ensure residence complies with guidelines necessary to curtail the spread of the deadly virus.

He said, “If we do not see an improvement in the next couple of days, we would be forced to evoke the very painful decision of bringing the entire system under a lockdown again.

“I’m aware that the Presidential Task Force has also made this point and very importantly that the continued maintenance of this ease is only guaranteed when people consistently comply. Let the numbers we have seen this week stand as a warning to all of us because we are monitoring and checking this on a daily basis.

“We all must take responsibility, which is what this time demands of us. Government will not shy away from its own responsibilities.”

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday reported 242 new confirmed cases of the virus to take the nation’s total number to 4,641 with 150 deaths.

However, Lagosian remained the most infected with 88 of the new cases coming from the state, putting the total number of confirmed cases in the state at 1,933.

With the number of confirmed cases rising in the state, Lagosians are now worried that the decision of President Buhari to partially ease restrictions may hurt the state, especially without a known cure yet.