The Delta State Government has reaffirmed the need for a lockdown in the state as it said that the decision is to protect citizens and residents from the Coronavirus.
The Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu stated this while briefing newsmen on the outcome of a meeting between the Governor Ifeanyi Okowa-led Central Committee on Prevention of COVID-19 Pandemic in Delta with the chairmen of local government councils in the state.
“The meeting was to inform them of the steps we have taken as a state, and also intimate them on the need for them to go back to their different local governments and sensitize their local communities on the pandemic,” the Commissioner said.
