A social commentator and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, Prince David Odeli, has commended the directive by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa that all public and private schools in the state should remain closed till Sunday May 31.
He described the move as smart as it would protect pupils and students from the ravaging Coronavirus.
Odeli agreed that the four-week stay-at-home order had helped to limit the spread of Coronavirus in Delta State.
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Odeli, the Tisun community secretary, commended the administration’s resolve to commence the distribution of one million facemasks in the first instance, to residents of the state from Wednesday.
He urged Deltans to respect the state government’s decision to extend the suspension of all conferences, sporting activities, conventions, recreational and cultural activities till May 31.
While thanking the governor for partially lifting the ban on movements for economic and business activities to restart, he opined that the distribution of food items by the state government mitigated the hardship the indigent and vulnerable people would have suffered as a result of the lockdown.
