The Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Matthew Kolawole, has urged the Federal Government to end the lockdown imposed to curb coronavirus pandemic.

The Speaker made the call on Monday, May 18th, 2020 in an interactive session with journalists in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital.

The Speaker, who supports the position of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on COVID-19 pandemic, said,

Honestly, I want to align myself with the position of the governor that the issue is more political than reality, the symptoms of COVID-19 such as fever, catarrh and pneumonia, which we are all familiar with and we have our own way of treating them.

According to Kolawole, the Kogi State House of Assembly has enacted legislation to enable the state to tackle coronavirus disease, if it spreads to the state.

He said the House of Assembly had also set up a committee under the leadership of the Deputy Speaker, Ahmed Ahmed, to liaise with the squadron committee set up by the governor under the leadership of the Deputy Governor, Edward Onoja to contain the spread of the virus.

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