Kindly Share This Story: …Moves to control Nomadic Herdsmen …Tasks states on establishment of 300-bed ‘holding’ centres …Fake News distracting from fight against Covid-19 …Says, Jack Ma’s donations to Nigeria, not contaminated By Omeiza Ajayi The federal government has explained the spike in the number of Covid-19 infections in the country, blaming it on the porous nature of Nigeria’s land borders and predicting that soon, there could be more infections in the eastern flank of the country as people move on foot across borders. Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha who stated this yesterday during the daily briefing of the Taskforce, added that the federal government would also put in place measures to control the movement of nomadic herdsmen who go across the border in search of greener pastures for their cattle. Also read: COVID-19 Lockdown: FETS, other payment providers commence disbursement of FG conditional cash On the border issue and movement of herdsmen, the SGF said; “This is a very serious issue because as they move around, sometimes they go in search of pastures across borders. It is a major challenge. We will look at that and… Read full this story
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