Lagos State Governor,  Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday noted that the focus of the state government is on security and welfare of its residents.

This was in relation to the announcement made by President Muhammadu Buhari on the extra 14 days extension of the lockdown protocol in  Lagos and Ogun States including the Nation’s capital, Abuja. The President while announcing the extension which started from 11:59 pm on Monday noted it wasn’t an easy decision to make, urged Nigerians to cooperate to achieve the aim of which it was taken, that is, to the control the spread and defeat the pandemic.

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Governor Sanwo-Olu, who is also in agreement with the decision noted that the extension was to prevent greater disaster as seen in other countries. “My biggest focus now is security and welfare”.

Confirming that the Federal Government’s conditional cash transfer to citizens in order manage the discomfort of the lockdown and the State’s second half of the first phase of the distribution of food and relief materials to the vulnerable was ongoing, Governor Babajide assured that measures have been put in place to increase surveillance and response time to handle handle security issue in the state which rose as a result of the lockdown order.

”As a state, we understand that this lockdown will stretch us because of some structural problems we are contending with, however I want to thank Lagosians for rising up with empathy and strength. We have to do more and the government will do more, let’s beat #COVID19 together.”