Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), Chairman of the Presidential Advisory
Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) has advised President
Muhammadu Buhari to lock down the country for a minimum of two
months over the violation by Nigerians of safety directives issued
by the federal government as a means of curtailing the spread of
the Coronavirus in the country.
Speaking in a chat with Daily Independent, Sagay also said
military men should be allowed to patrol the streets and arrest
anyone found on the streets except essential workers.
Recounting his experience, Sagay said he observed that 50
percent of those he saw on Wednesday failed to wear their face
masks, while about 25 percent people simply hung it on their necks
without covering their faces.
He added that most commercial buses were filled up while many
banks and major bus stops were crowded as people flagrantly
violated the social distancing order.
“Nigerians are the most undisciplined people on earth. I went
out after six weeks today and inspite of all that have been said,
the pleas by the government, I saw them in their thousands and
hundreds of thousands, more than 50 percent of them without wearing
masks”.
“Out of the 50 carrying masks, 25 percent had it on their necks
instead of their faces. Only about 25 percent were wearing the
masks properly”.
“Buses were filled, people were in crowds and they were just
behaving as if nothing has happened, as if there is no Coronavirus
pandemic in the country, as if everything is normal”.
“So, it is an impossible country because these people are so
massively indiscipline. Unless we have a government that decides to
use power and authority without any constraint, we won’t achieve
any result”.
“The way I see it, with the way Nigerians are behaving, we may
have to be quarantined for like two months by force. Aside the
lockdown, we should have security men patrolling the streets and
inflicting the worst type of punishment on anybody who violates the
directive”.
“Nigerians know how to talk. No job, no food. Hunger can kill
more than Coronavirus and so on’.
“This very population that keeps on talking like this; this
so-called poor and ordinary people now the lockdown has been eased
so that they can earn their living but they are going about
infecting all of us”.
“So, for me, Nigeria is a country that needs a very strong hand,
that needs authoritarian leadership for many things to succeed. If
I were the President, I will close down this country for two months
and put armed men on the streets to stop, arrest and detain anybody
who is found outside except essential workers” he said..
Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), Chairman of the Presidential Advisory
Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) has advised President
Muhammadu Buhari to lock down the country for a minimum of two
months over the violation by Nigerians of safety directives issued
by the federal government as a means of curtailing the spread of
the Coronavirus in the country.
Speaking in a chat with Daily Independent, Sagay also said
military men should be allowed to patrol the streets and arrest
anyone found on the streets except essential workers.
Recounting his experience, Sagay said he observed that 50
percent of those he saw on Wednesday failed to wear their face
masks, while about 25 percent people simply hung it on their necks
without covering their faces.
He added that most commercial buses were filled up while many
banks and major bus stops were crowded as people flagrantly
violated the social distancing order.
“Nigerians are the most undisciplined people on earth. I went
out after six weeks today and inspite of all that have been said,
the pleas by the government, I saw them in their thousands and
hundreds of thousands, more than 50 percent of them without wearing
masks”.
“Out of the 50 carrying masks, 25 percent had it on their necks
instead of their faces. Only about 25 percent were wearing the
masks properly”.
“Buses were filled, people were in crowds and they were just
behaving as if nothing has happened, as if there is no Coronavirus
pandemic in the country, as if everything is normal”.
“So, it is an impossible country because these people are so
massively indiscipline. Unless we have a government that decides to
use power and authority without any constraint, we won’t achieve
any result”.
“The way I see it, with the way Nigerians are behaving, we may
have to be quarantined for like two months by force. Aside the
lockdown, we should have security men patrolling the streets and
inflicting the worst type of punishment on anybody who violates the
directive”.
“Nigerians know how to talk. No job, no food. Hunger can kill
more than Coronavirus and so on’.
“This very population that keeps on talking like this; this
so-called poor and ordinary people now the lockdown has been eased
so that they can earn their living but they are going about
infecting all of us”.
“So, for me, Nigeria is a country that needs a very strong hand,
that needs authoritarian leadership for many things to succeed. If
I were the President, I will close down this country for two months
and put armed men on the streets to stop, arrest and detain anybody
who is found outside except essential workers” he said..