{"id":10354,"date":"2020-04-22T14:22:58","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T14:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=10354"},"modified":"2020-04-22T14:23:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T14:23:07","slug":"covid-19-osun-govt-ensures-total-compliance-with-lockdown-directive-closes-all-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=10354","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Osun govt ensures total compliance with lockdown directive, closes all borders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mr-Gboyega-Oyetola-e1562317538702.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Osun State government led by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/oyetola-extends-lockdown-for-another-two-weeks\/\">Governor Gboyega Oyetola<\/a>&nbsp;has moved to ensure total compliance with its lockdown directive by mounting barricades at all boundaries and major roads of the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was revealed in a statement on Tuesday by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Ismail Omipidan, and the Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs. Funke Egbemode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement noted that the step is imperative to enforce compliance to 14 days total lockdown directive issued by the state government to curtail the spread of COVID-19 in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Egbemode said: \u201cThe barricades were erected to throttle back unauthorised movements across the state. The government was intensifying efforts to flatten the curve of COVID-19 in the state and avoid a resurgence of the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe government is determined to protect Osun and its citizens. Hence, this move by the government is to keep defiant people from hurting themselves and endangering others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe barricades will only be opened to essential duty vehicles, conveying materials needed for the fight against&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tag\/COVID-19\">COVID-19<\/a>. Non-essential travels and movements remain banned in the state till further notice,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This development comes after the Ondo State government has ordered the release of no fewer than 26 inmates of the Olokuta Correctional Centre Akure, the state capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was reveald in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Segun Ajiboye, who said that the inmates were granted pardon to stem the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic especially at the correctional center in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Osun State government led by&nbsp;Governor Gboyega Oyetola&nbsp;has moved to ensure total compliance with its lockdown directive by mounting barricades at all boundaries and major roads of the state. 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