Isaacs Kekemeke, pioneer chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a governorship aspirant in coming gubernatorial election in Ondo State, has called on governments at all levels to work on generating data bank for the citizenry.
He also tasked the governments to adopt indigenous medicine in treating Coronavirus at the Infectious Diseases Hospitals and Isolation Centres.
Handing down the advice on Tuesday in his campaign at Alagbaka, Akure, the former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in the state explained that the nation had been facing serious challenges in cushioning the effects of the lockdown due to lack of accurate data.
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He noted that if there was a data bank, it would be easier for government and other institutions to project on how to arrest situations like COVID-19.
Speaking on the impacts of COVID-19, Kekemeke said government should begin to look into how to empower the people, rather than sharing food items to them.
In his view, contractors were being empowered more through provision of palliatives to the people.
He said: “Let me give an example. I told my people that Ondo State has a population of about 4.5 million people. To give a kongo (measure) of rice to these 4.5 million people, you need 150, 000 bags of rice times N18, 000. It is N2.7 billion, for just a kongo of rice. And how does that solve the problem?”
