i , on Tuesday ordered police commands not to exempt anybody, including workers on essential duties, when enforcing the ban on interstate movements and the nationwide curfew.
In his second COVID-19 on April 13, when he extended the lockdown in the FCT, Lagos and Ogun states, the President also emphasised that workers on essential duties were exempted from the lockdown. The source stated, “For your information, a curfew is a curfew. After 8pm, there will be no movement by anybody, including journalists and doctors as well as other health workers.
“The IG gave this directive to the zonal assistant-inspectors general of police and state commissioners of police during a virtual conference held on Tuesday.”The Executive Secretary of the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria, Feyi Smith, in an interview with one of our correspondents, noted that the IG’s directive could not override the President’s directive exempting the essential workers.
He said, “I don’t think he has a right to give a counter-directive. Doctors are recalled from home to do emergencies and they have to return home. They can be recalled at any time when there is an emergency and they have to move. “Otherwise, what the PTF Chairman, Boss Mustapha, said this evening in their briefing is that all the people who are on essential services with their adequate identity cards will assuage the efforts of the police in trying to curtail undue movements.
He said, “The directive of the President regarding restriction of movement does not apply to persons designated to be on the essential service list.“I don’t think the IGP has the authority to contradict the President on a clear directive. Regarding curfew, it is not all the states in the federation that curfew has been declared.
He stated, “I heard the statement and what quickly came to mind is that even in the worst of circumstances and war times, essential services providers are always exempted from restriction of movement.”A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, said a police signal could not override the rights of doctors, nurses, fire service officials, journalists and other essential workers.
Ryyt is the truth
Media and medical staff can be in their office before 8pm. journalists have nothing to cover during curfew. There is no reason hiding under privileges to endanger other people's lives.
If this news is correct..what about this from Force PRD?
Meanwhile the almajiris are crossing the border! Yet IG is unable to explain it. Now he's exercising power to essential workers! Mumu government ☹️
Errrrrmmmmmmmm
that’s the height of it else how would the nation move forward when doctors, journalists and others are being restricted in between...
But ur men re busy collecting bribe from some people n allowing them to pass.
Nigeria has turned to monkey village where whosoever have power could rule over the less privilege. I fair what may be the end of all the anarchy in this country.
IG is just giving room for his boys to feed if you know the level of extortion going on in Lagos alone its staggering, in my presence police fron a particular unit Counted over 250k from one nights Operations and shared within themselves COVID19 who is ruling who ?
So the samples being collected how do they move from point of collection to the place of test,as of today not all the states in the federation have testing facility....just business giving orders without thinking things through
How do you even consider banning essential workers
The confusion caused by ppl in places of authority is creating more death and pains to Nigerians, can these guys pls get theirs act together or leave Nigerians to survive how they know best to
They're from the same place anyways
Nonsense country decisions always, miss priorities all the time. No wonder FG failed to close international boarders and airways and waited to imported corona virus before they swap into actions.. Idiots! God forbid, tueeelll...
Na wa ooo oga talk boy say no to it lol
Inside life
You forgot to add General before Buhari's name like you said you would be doing
Again..,.
PMB VS IG
We are watching FG, closely, and the world is watching too
Was he high?
What did you expect from an Aboki?
Who is more powerful pls, IG or Buhari?
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Nigeria is been run by many people anyone in power can do whatever they like... Ghost worker president
It is antithetical to bar healthcare workers during any public health emergencies like the prevailing SARS-COV-2 pandemic. Healthcare workers being essential services providers must must move freely unhindered.
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