As Demsa Local Government indigenes based in Lagos continue to return amidst the spread of the dreaded Coronavirus pandemic in the country, the Member representing Demsa constituency at the Adamawa state House of Assembly, Hon. Kate Raymond Mamuno has allayed fears of her constituents over the health status of over 100 returnees from Lagos and Ogun states respectively.
Hon. Kate said that there is no cause for alarm at the moment, as the indigenes that just returned from Lagos and Ogun had been quarantined by the Government, insisting that Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has been doing everything possible to prevent the spread of the pandemic to Adamawa.
According to reports, the returnees most of whom were factory workers in Lagos and Ogun states respectively were quarantined shortly after their arrival at Numan Local Government's bridge yesterday.
It was learnt that 59 of the affected have been isolated at a facility at Numan , while over 40 others are quarantined at Kpasham facility in Demsa Local Government Areas respectively.
Sources from Demsa and Numan Local Government Areas have told NEWS PLATFORM that the news of the return of the indigenes has caused panic most especially in Demsa with some of inhabitants threatening to relocate to neighbouring Local Government Areas for their safety and that of family members.
But reacting on the latest development, the Member representing Demsa constituency at the House of Assembly, Hon. Kate Raymond Mamuno has called on her electorates not to panic over the return of their sons from the covid-19 ravaged states.
The female legislator said those that returned have been quarantined, and that they will be at the isolation centers for 2 weeks, saying that the action is in the interest of the affected, their family members and Adamawa state in general.
She explained that Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri had directed that those that came back should be helped and be treated in polite manner ,so as to feel at home, saying that the state Government through Covid-19 Containment Committee led by its Chairman and Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mallam Bashir Ahmad is striving towards ensuring that everybody is safe.
Hon. Kate who is also the Member of the House of Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on Covid -19 Containment pleaded with her constituents not to be scared, as the government has taken adequate measures towards containing /preventing the spread of the pandemic to Adamawa.
For now, according to her, there is nothing to fear because they have not heard of anyone among them that is carrying the the virus, saying that all hands must be on deck towards ensuring that the state is free from the pandemic.
While commending Catholic Bishop, Dr. Stephen Dami Mamza, Bishop Makanto of Upper Room Cathedral, and Eng. Musa Garba for donating their facilities to the state government to convert them as isolation centers, Hon. Kate Raymond Mamuno called for a concerted efforts from all and sundry towards curtailing the spread of the pandemic.
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