It is
no longer news that Enugu State Government had on March 31, 2020 by 6pm shut
its borders and banned inter-state movement or transport to curb the spread of
Covid-19 pandemic in the state. It is no longer news that President Muhammadu had in his last national broadcast on April 27,
2020 hinted that from May 4, there will be total lockdown on inter-state
movement, 6am- 8pm curfew across the country with the exemption of those on
essential duties.
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But it
is news that despite the proactive and concerted efforts of the Enugu State
Governor, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi,
and his workaholic team to ensure that the Covid-19 virus does not spread in
the state, some unscrupulous elements are not only sabotaging it, but are
determined to continue to sabotage it, without pondering on the consequences of
their devilish actions.
It
would be recalled that it was not quite long Enugu State was declared Covid-19
pandemic free. This was after the treatment, recovery, certification and
discharge of the two index cases in the state to joy of every resident.
Governor Ugwuanyi in his bid to ensure that the state is safeguard from the
spread of the Corona virus had some weeks ago visited Enugu-Benue and
Enugu-Kogi borders to monitor compliance on the borders' closure and remind the
security agents of the need not to compromise on the directive. If what I
witnessed recently at Amansea border town between Enugu and Anambra State,
while on essential duty is anything to go by, it is obvious that the Governor
Ugwuanyi's warning and appeals fell on deaf ears of the security agents as they
have continued to sabotage the Governor's efforts with their sharp practices at
the state borders.
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At the
Amansea border, motorists have created emergency parks at both sides of the
border, where they load and offload passengers in the presence of security
agents. The motorists from Enugu side will convey passengers to their own side
of the border, the passengers will settle the security agents which include the
Police, personnel of Road Safety Commission and Civil Defence Corps, who will
allow them to trek to the other side and board a waiting vehicle loading
passengers to Anambra State. People with private cars and trucks were stopped,
searched and queried. Allowing them passage depends on whom they are or how
they play ball.
It is
just business as usual as no vehicle or passenger was ever turned back from
both sides of the border. The only difference is that commercial vehicles of
major transporters like Peace Mass Transit, Young Shall Grow Motors and others
are not on the roads now. But these motorists who risked to be on the roads are
doing brisk business with the security agents on the roads and borders.
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To
them, this is an opportunity to make quick money and damn the consequences of
their actions. Surprisingly, missing in action at the Amansea border town are
personnel of Enugu State Neighbourhood Watch and the Forest Guard. This is
despite Governor Ugwuanyi's recent directive that they should join the security
agents to man the borders within their council areas.
Who
says the situation will be different with the commencement on May 4, 2020 of
the 6am-8pm curfew imposed nationwide by President Muhammadu Buhari in his last
broadcast on Covid-19 pandemic. It is a possibility that if not properly
monitored and guided, security agents in the state will cash on this curfew to
harrass, molest and abuse innocent people, and at the same time connive with
desperate nocturnal crawlers in the state to flagrantly flout the directive for
hedonistic reason.
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So
with this ugly trend, why should people of Enugu or anybody be alarmed with the
spikes in the positive cases of Covid-19 virus in Enugu recently, especially
among people with travel history to the state. If this ugly development and
practice by the security agents and commuters is left unchecked, Enugu may
witness more cases of Covid-19 virus soon. This is not anybody's wish, but it
is inevitable with the way things are going now. These security agents could be
best described as sabotuers, instead of partners in the fight against the
pandemic in the state. Don't say I am too harsh on them. I am not because I
witnessed it. This is not hearsay or rumour.
Just
like I suggested in my earlier article titled: "Enugu's Closed borders,
Security Agents and Desperate Travellers" where I suggested the need for
police hierarchy to set up a high-powered monitoring team to be monitoring the
activities of their personnel manning the states' borders across the country in
this Covid-19 lockdown, nothing has changed since then. While the Federal and
State governments have worked and still working hard to combat the spread of
the virus, the security agents, who are often not observatory of the pandemic's
preventive measures and some people are busy undermining their efforts.
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My
concern is that with the growing spikes in confirmed cases in the state, more
people may likely be infected and some people, including some social media
loose canons, who are also involved in the illegal border movements will soon
start blaming the Enugu State Government for the mess. They won't even consider
the fact that Governor Ugwuanyi and his team cannot be everywhere at the same
time. The governor cannot provide the security agents with neccessary logistics
to work and at the same time join them to man the state borders. It is
impossible and is not done anywhere.
Meanwhile,
if it has become obvious that the security agents have failed in their duty to
man the state's borders, it is time and behoves Ndi Enugu to join forces with
Governor Ugwuanyi and his team to raise a capable Covid-19 pandemic Surveillance
Team in all the communities, using personnel of the Neighbourhood Watch,
Vigilante and Forest Guard, who will be reporting to the Council chairmen.
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Also
of not help in the battle against Covid-19 virus spread in Enugu State are
residents and indigenes, who are in habit of harbouring and protecting people
who secretly travelled or conveyed corpses of relations from other states to
Enugu since the state's borders were closed on March 31, 2020.
These
people, apart from exposing themselves to the risk of contracting and spreading
the virus, are equally sabotaging Governor Ugwuanyi's efforts. It is the social
responsibility and obligation of the residents and people of the state to
always alert the local and state governments, National Centre For Disease and Control (NCDC) and other agencies
of people who travelled into the state or carry in corpes without
self-isolation or subjecting themselves to Covid-19 diagnosis. Going forward
and to save Enugu from the rising spread of the Corona virus in recent times,
the people of the state must be exemplars like Mr. Femi Adeoye of Ekiti State, who recently raised the alarm and
refused his son, who travelled back from Lagos entry into his house, until he
subjects himself to Covid-19 laboratory test.
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An
action, which made the Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, to confer on him the Covid-19 Ambassador in the
state. What a patriotic and responsible citizen in the person of Mr. Femi
Adeoye, even in his old age. Just look at how the traders at Ogbete main market,
Enugu impudently flouted the guided and partial reopening of the market
recently in the presence of the security agents.
This
is despite the assurances the market leadership and the security agents gave
Governor Ugwuanyi and Enugu State Government functionaries in a meeting in
Government House, Enugu that they would abide by the rules of the partial
reopening as spelt out by the government. Why are we like this and when are we
going to change our desperate quest for wealth, even in the face of possible
death?
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One
thing we must realise is that neither Governor Ugwuanyi nor his government can
combat this ravaging COVID-19 pandemic alone, hence there is urgent need for
the security agents and the people to sincerely complement his government's
impregnable efforts and strategies to curb the spread of the ravaging virus in
the state, before it spread to rural communities and villages.
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