COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu opens face masks production factory

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State (2nd left) accompanied by the state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi (middle), during the commissioning of the first indigenous medical facemask factory owned by a local manufacturing company, Transerve Disc Technology Ltd., at Odofin Park Estate in Amuwo Odofin, Lagos yesterday Photo: NAN

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State (2nd left) accompanied by the state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi (middle), during the commissioning of the first indigenous medical facemask factory owned by a local manufacturing company, Transerve Disc Technology Ltd., at Odofin Park Estate in Amuwo Odofin, Lagos yesterday Photo: NAN

O-Care Medical Face Mask, an indigenous firm, yesterday flagged off daily production of 240,000 indigenous masks to join the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

The factory was commissioned by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who pledged the state government’s support to the firm.

The Managing Director of Transgreen Nigeria Limited, maker of the face mask, Cyprian Orakpo, noted that since the vaccine was yet to be discovered for the coronavirus disease, face masks and other medical devices like gloves and ventilators had suddenly become national security products.

This, Orakpo stated, was why some nations banned the export of personal protective equipment to meet the local capacity, which he said resulted in acute scarcity in many nations including Nigeria.

Face masks violators risk six months jail term in Ogun – Gov Dapo Abiodun

The Ogun state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has said that anybody who fails to wear face masks in the state will be jailed for six months without mercy.

He disclosed this on Wednesday at a press conference at his office in Okemosan, Abeokuta.

The governor noted that he is invoking jail term for face mask violators based on the powers invested in him by the Regulation 7 of the Infectious Diseases (Emergency Prevention) Regulations No. 2 of 2020 (the Regulations), made pursuant to section 33 of the Public Health Law of Ogun State (the Law).

The governor added that he was not happy with the low compliance with the use of face masks.

Abiodun stressed that moving around without facemask is a big offence in the state.

He said, “wearing of face masks in the public is now compulsory. Therefore, I hereby invoke powers conferred on me by Regulation 7 of the Infectious Diseases (Emergency Prevention) Regulations No. 2 of 2020 (the Regulations), made pursuant to section 33 of the Public Health Law of Ogun State (the Law), to mandate the compulsory wearing of face masks by all persons in public as part of measures to prevent the rapid spread of the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19).

 

“Only one passenger is still allowed for motorcycles and two passengers only for tricycles; v. Taxi cabs and buses still have 60% limitation on their carrying capacity and the measure to arrest and impound any driver that contravenes this in our State is still in force.