The NMA President, Prof Innocent Ujah, in an interview with journalists in Jos on Wednesday, said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), should not hand over the national response to COVID-19 to state governments. But the NANNM and the PSN, in separate interviews with The PUNCH, expressed support for the takeover of the national COVID-19 response by states. The NANNM President, Abdulrafiu Adeniji, stated that everything about COVID-19 was a collective responsibility and everybody had to play their role. From the individuals through communities, local governments, states to the federal level and then the international bodies like the World Health Organisation, we all have to take responsibility. For example, it is not the responsibility of the (federal) government to trace contacts and give education to all of us.

Source: Punch June 04, 2020 00:00 UTC