{"id":14066,"date":"2020-05-20T09:50:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T09:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=14066"},"modified":"2020-05-20T09:50:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T09:50:21","slug":"covid-19-ill-be-at-kaduna-kano-borders-on-sallah-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=14066","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: I\u2019ll be at Kaduna-Kano borders on Sallah day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/El-Rufai.-.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaduna State Governor,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/i-have-not-recovered-from-covid-19-el-rufai\/\">Nasir El-Rufai<\/a>, said on Tuesday he would personally monitor activities at the Kaduna-Kano borders on Eid-il-Fitr day to ensure that no one sneaked into the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El-Rufai, who stated this during the media briefing by the state\u2019s Task Force on COVID-19, expressed disappointment with the security agencies for not cooperating with the state government to stop movement into the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The governor noted that corrupt security agents were responsible for the influx of travellers from Kano to the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: \u201cWe have tried everything but the security agents have not been cooperating. We have heard of instances where commercial drivers and others pay them to come into Kaduna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI will personally visit and patrol the Kaduna-Kano borders on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/nigeria-declares-public-holidays-for-sallah\/\">Sallah day<\/a>\u00a0from morning till night to see who will dare enter Kaduna State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI will not leave there until late at night.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaduna State Governor,&nbsp;Nasir El-Rufai, said on Tuesday he would personally monitor activities at the Kaduna-Kano borders on Eid-il-Fitr day to ensure that no one sneaked into the state. El-Rufai, who stated this during the media briefing by the state\u2019s Task Force on COVID-19, expressed disappointment with the security agencies for not cooperating with the state [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[24,22],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>COVID-19: I\u2019ll be at Kaduna-Kano borders on Sallah day &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=14066\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=14066#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Insurgency\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=24\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"COVID-19: I\u2019ll be at Kaduna-Kano borders on Sallah day\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"COVID-19: I\u2019ll be at Kaduna-Kano borders on Sallah day &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=14066","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=14066#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Insurgency","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=24"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"COVID-19: I\u2019ll be at Kaduna-Kano borders on Sallah day"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=24\" rel=\"category\">Insurgency<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=22\" rel=\"category\">Security<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Kaduna State Governor,&nbsp;Nasir El-Rufai, said on Tuesday he would personally monitor activities at the Kaduna-Kano borders on Eid-il-Fitr day to ensure that no one sneaked into the state. 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