![]() ![]() If I were in a position of authority I would have asked competent professionals in Nigeria’s science and medical community to advise the best way to tackle the pandemic from the outset. If the Nigerian science and research community had been up and doing it would have observed one or two months after the lockdown that the coronavirus was not as lethal in African countries as it was in Europe and America. However, the correct approach to tackle the pandemic should have been science based. The Federal Government shut down the Nigerian land borders, airports, schools and public places in March 2020 as a measure to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Even China where the novel coronavirus was discovered implemented lockdown measures. ![]() There are lessons that can be learned from the experience that will not only help to improve Nigeria economically but also medically and scientifically.įirst, the lockdown was almost inevitable because the World Health Organisation recommended it as an effective measure to slow the spread of the coronavirus and many advanced countries like Britain, Germany, France and the United States of America had implemented it. However, the implementation and the duration of the lock down exposed many shortcomings in the way Nigeria runs as a society. I think that the lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic was an essential measure in spite of the hardship it brought economically. ![]()
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