COVID-19 Third Wave: PSC Warns Political Parties To Ensure Strict Compliance

• Political mass gatherings serve as super-spreaders events for the propagation of COVID-19 infection in our communities

The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 (PSC), has called on all political parties, State governments, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other stakeholders to ensure strict compliance to the COVID-19 protocols in the conduct of all political events in the country.

This follows the recent confirmation of more cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19 in several states and the continued rising number of infections and hospitalization across the country.

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In line with this, the PSC through its chairman, Boss Mustapha, has restated the significance of the publicized INEC policy on the conduct of political events and the Code of Conduct for Voters and Political Parties within the context of COVID-19.

In a statement issued on Friday, Mustapha, who is also Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), cautioned all political parties to institute public health and social measures in all locations where political events will occur.

The PSC called upon all Political Parties, INEC, and others to ensure and enforce compliance to the extent possible of these provisions and other safety measures to protect the Nigerian population.

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