{"id":75885,"date":"2021-08-27T18:30:26","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T17:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=75885"},"modified":"2021-08-27T18:34:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T17:34:29","slug":"bello-narrates-how-political-will-common-sense-helped-in-curbing-covid-in-kogi-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/27\/bello-narrates-how-political-will-common-sense-helped-in-curbing-covid-in-kogi-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Bello narrates how political will, common sense helped in curbing COVID in Kogi state"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has revealed how his administration curbed the spread of COVID-19 in the state.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bello, political will and commom sense were factors that greatly helped his administration to curb the spread of the deadly virus.<\/p>\n<p>This was stated by the governor while speaking during a statewide broadcast to commemorate Kogi\u2019s 30th anniversary on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Bello expressed dismay that some federal government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/28\/stop-giving-loans-to-nigeria-southern-middle-belt-leaders-tell-financial-institutions\/\">institutions<\/a> did not believe in his administration\u2019s measures to curb the spread of the infection in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The governor said they resisted some \u201cunholy forces\u201d and protected the residents in the state to the \u201cbest of our abilities\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith regard to the COVID-19 pandemic, we proved to the world that with the help of God, support of the citizenry, leadership sincerity and a ton of political will it is possible for science and common sense as well as good governance and medicine to work together in the service of humanity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to our position as a major transit hub in Nigeria we are easily exposed to anything our fellow citizens carry along while travelling through, which in the past frequently included outbreaks of deadly diseases like Lassa and yellow fever.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThus we became alarmed at how otherwise respected national public health institutions charged with protecting us tended to proceed on the certainty that no matter what we did here, COVID-19 would decimate us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInspired by a mix of principles which included an obstinate refusal to hand over the lives and livelihoods of my people to unsympathetic forces, we insisted on doing our sworn duty to govern proactively and protect our people to the best of our abilities and resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe resisted unholy pressures and would not capitulate to the whims and caprices of 3rd parties, whoever they were, in response to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe adopted sincere advisories from the regulatory bodies on COVID-19, some of which we modified to meet our localised circumstances and totally disregarded those that were inapplicable, politicised, commercialised or guaranteed to crumble our economic base without any guarantee of keeping the pandemic at bay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bello added that despite daunting socio-economic odds, his administration has been able to put the state on the path of progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has revealed how his administration curbed the spread of COVID-19 in the state. 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