Lockdown: ”Distribute hand sanitizers, face masks and bags of rice to Nigerians” – Arewa Youths Tells Buhari

The Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari has been mandated by the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) to distribute face masks, hand sanitizers and bags of rice to Nigerians, as a means of containing the spread disease.

Yerima Shettima, the AYCF President-General, revealed this while reacting to the social distancing and lockdown directives by government due the coronavirus outbreak.

As stated by him, the government should produce face masks, hand sanitizers, and distribute them from house to house within the country, including bags of rice too.

Shettima maintained that it’s impossible to isolate Nigerians without aiding them with something to eat because some people will still prefer to come out and die on the street while looking for their livelihood than stay indoors.

“What are the proactive measures? If the government can’t give incentives to Nigerians, at least they should be able to produce some of those sanitary things like sanitizers, masks and so on and share from house-to-house,” Shettima said.

“They should also share this their local rice which they have been using as propaganda, give each house one bag to show concern. How many are we in this country that they can’t afford to give each family a bag or two bags of rice?

“So where lies the hope of the common man? What has the government done to help the common people.

“Be rest assured that if Nigerians stay at home for a few days and can’t feed themselves well, they would undermine the effect of Coronavirus and return to the street because they can’t stand it. People will prefer to come out and die on the street while looking for their livelihood than stay indoors.

“So no matter how the government thinks it’s going to restrict movement, it will be so impossible in this country because people are already suffering and dying of hunger.”