The Senator representing Oyo Central, Sen. Teslim Folarin has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s order on gradually easing of COVID-19-induced lockdown as standing logic on its head.
He stated this while commenting on Buhari’s highly-anticipated Monday national broadcast.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) senator said that after releasing data that showed 147 percent increase in COVID-19 infection rate despite lockdown, the president should have imposed another round of lockdown instead of easing the subsisting one.
According to Daily Sun, Folarin made his position known when he spoke via telephone on a radio programme, COVID-19 Situation Room in Ibadan on Tuesday.
The former Senate Leader claimed that Buhari made the decision following political pressure.
“As at this morning (Tuesday), we have 1,273 cases, 40 deaths in 32 states, amounting to 294 percent rise.
“Mr. President’s action stands against all logic. If I have to be honest, I was disappointed with the position Mr. President took. It stands against all logic.
“The governors didn’t want to spend money. I don’t know why. They said to the president behind the scene, if you want us to lockdown, give us money and the president is not willing to release money to them.
“So, they put pressure on the president and Mr. President seeing high resistance from the citizens that there can’t be total lockdown without palliatives.
“For that reason, Mr President allowed the governors to have their way, that’s what I suspect,” Folarin was quoted as saying.
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