COVID-19: Lawmaker set up call center for constituents
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By Victor Adeoti
Osogbo, March 30, 2020 (NAN) The Chief Whip of the Osun House of Assembly, Mr Tunde Olatunji, has set up a call center in his Ife North Constituency for emergency calls on Coronavirus.
Olatunji, while inaugurating the call center in Edun-Abon town on Monday, said that the center was set up to enable people to make inquiries during the state lockdown.
The lawmaker said that the call center would operate in both English and Yoruba languages from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. everyday.
Olatunji said that the call center would complement the effort of the state government and the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) to combat the spread of the virus.
He said the numbers to call in case of any emergency are : 09061753169 and 09074853889.
“Further to our recent distribution of over 1,000 bottles of sanitizers and hundreds of face masks and gloves to the people of Ife North State Constituency, I just set up a constituency call center for the benefit of our people.
“This is to allow them make inquiries and communicate any emergency need that may arise during the period of statewide total lockdown.
“The constituency call center will go live by 1pm today, Monday, 30th of March 2020 and take calls from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
“The COVID-19 pandemic precautionary measures and its statewide disruptions beyond the impact to public health are indeed tough but they are inevitable pains we must all bear in the overall interest of our survival,” he said.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NCDC had on March 25, confirmed first index cases in the state while the second index case was confirmed March 28.
Gov. Gboyega Oyetola, thereafter, announced the total lock-down of the state following the confirmation of the second case.
Oyetola in a statewide broadcast on Sunday in Osogbo said all land bounders would be shut effective from midnight of March 29.
The governor added that there would not be movement within the state as from March 31. (NAN)
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Edited by Modupe Adeloye/Ismail Abdulaziz