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Inter-State Lockdown Breaks Down
There is a brewing anxiety over apparent breakdown of the lockdown and restriction of interstate movement of non-essential persons and goods ordered by the Federal Government to curb the spread of coronavirus.
The development has reportedly resulted in the spike of virus cases in some states, particularly Lagos and Ogun and others close to them like Oyo and Osun on a daily basis.
EkoHotBlog investigations showed that despite the ban on interstate travels, motor parks are operating unhindered, ferrying passengers across state boundaries at exorbitant prices.
Findings also indicated that the security
personnel expected to enforce the order sometimes use their operational vehicles to spirit people across states for a fee.
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The nation has, for some time, been battling with the issue of almajirai hidden in trailers used to transport cows and other food items to the Southern part of the country.
But the latest development indicates that movement of people from one state to another, despite an order of the Federal Government to the contrary, is rife all over the country.
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