Rep Member Says PTF Should Handle COVID-19 Fight Same Way As Polio

“If you look at it, Nigerians are always in denial, when
government and heads of organisations said there was polio, people
tried to say no and it became a serious issue.

“What did government do? It resorted to creating communities
headed by traditional rulers, religious organisations, preaching
and preaching to people until they realised and accepted it as a
reality that it is not something we are trying to do something to
their health.

“Now, today we are proud to say we have eradicated polio in the
country and that former set up is still there.

“I think the PTF should just reactivate the avenue that was used
by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency to achieve
the eradication of polio, to strengthen the fight against
COVID-19,” he said.

Sununu also highlighted some of the progress made by the
government in its fight against COVID-19.

According to him, the country only started with four
laboratories but now there are “over 100 laboratories distributed
nation-wide that can effectively diagnose COVID-19”.

“Not only that, when we came, we had very few isolation centres
and ICU’s in the country. As of today, government and
non-governmental organisations came together and we can now say we
have multiple isolation centres that are functional”.