President Buhari Sets Up Presidential Task Force For The Control Of CORONAVIRUS
BY VICTOR BUORO, ABUJA – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday announced the setting up of a Presidential Task Force for the Control of the Coronavirus-19 Disease (COVID-19).
President Buhari said the establishment of the Task Force is based on the current global outbreak of the novel Coronavirus and its potential of causing significant disruption to health services in the country as well as impacting negatively on the economy,
A statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu said the action is in preparation for the unlikely but probable major outbreak of the disease in the country which will require a multi-sectoral inter-governmental approach as advised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) similar to that adopted for the HIV epidemic in the last two decades.
The Presidency explained that the start and finish task group would be expected to deliver within a maximum period of six months.
Members of the Task Force include the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, who is the chairman of the team while Dr. Sani Aliyu would serve as National Coordinator
Other members include, the Ministers of Health, Interior, Aviation, Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Services, Education, Information and Culture, Environment, the Director-General of State Services, Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and a representatives of World Health Organisation (WHO).