Actor, Adeniyi Akanni condemns FG’s lockdown policy

Nollywood actor and movie producer, Adeniyi Akanni, also known as ‘Neyoswags’ has condemned several policies of the Federal Government on managing and controlling the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic in the country.

The actor and human rights activist in a chat with Saturday Tribune condemned President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to extend the lockdown for another two weeks without considering how the people will fend for themselves. According to him, “this only shows the government is not fully prepared to fight the spread of the deadly disease.

He also lamented the Federal Government’s directive that selling of foodstuff be allowed between 10am and 2pm in Ogun, Lagos and Abuja States, coupled with the later relaxation of the lockdown by some states from the initial order of a total lockdown.

“This has further exposed the government’s “unpreparedness and lack of policy direction in the fight against the spread of the virus”, he said.

Akanni said: “Radical problems require radical solutions. The Federal Government cannot relax the lockdown by opening markets and there won’t be vehicular and mass human movement. This new development will do no good, but it will further increase the risk of more people contracting the virus, which I believe is the cause of the current increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in the country.

“The government’s decision will further expose innocent Nigerians to the risk of contracting COVID-19 even on a large scale. As a concerned and responsible Nigerian patriot, I am calling on the Federal government to immediately reverse its decision.

“If we really want to defeat the evil plaguing this country called COVID-19, we must be ready to pay the price no matter the cost. The number of victims is drastically increasing every day, and we must not allow the virus get out of control,” he said.

The actor, who, however, advocated that President Muhammadu Buhari make a cash credit to all Nigerians with BVN instead of the sharing of cash to ‘poor citizens’ as it is currently happening, also tasked the Federal Government to take necessary actions and proactive security measures in safeguarding our Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to avert consistent fire incidents, “not especially at a time like this”.

 

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