Ensure compliance to boundary restrictions, Delta SSG charges task force
The Delta state COVID-19 Boundary Enforcement Task Force has been charged to ensure the effective monitoring of the boundaries with other neighboring states to curtail unauthorised movement of persons in and out of the state.
The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Chiedu Ebie, gave this charge at the weekend when he visited Patani, Jesse, Ologbo and Alifikade boundaries to monitor activities of the task force team.
Ebie urged the task force and security agencies to continue to remain committed to the assignment given to them, while stating that they should maintain integrity during the course of carrying out their duties in other to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
He tasked them to ensure that only essential service providers are allowed through the borders as stated in the COVID-19 guidelines and that proper checks should also be done on vehicles conveying goods so that they meet the guidelines for the movement of goods into the state.
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Ebie maintained that everyone is prone to the virus as it is no respecter of persons and called on Deltans to continue to adhere strictly to the COVID-19 protocols as directed by the health officials.
At the various boundaries, the Team Coordinators assured Ebie of their commitment to curtailing the unauthorized movement of persons in and out of the state, promising to live above board in carrying out their duties.
The secretary to the state government was accompanied on the monitoring visit by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Health Monitoring, Dr. Mike Nwoko.
