ABUJA/Nigeria: CLEEN Foundation have called for personals of the Security Services in the country to exercise some degree of caution as they enforce the lock down order by the governments in the country. The group stated this in a statementmade available to Ndokwa Reporters announcing of the COVID-19 Public Safety Support Virtual Centre (COVID-PSSC) to provide real-time public safety and security information to Nigerians.
According to CLEEN in the statement which was signed Benson Olugbuo, Ph.D, Executive Director, the electronic platform using Tella Application will be deployed for reporting compliance by citizens of government directives and rights violations by security personnel. In addition, state coordinators and volunteers of COVID-19 Nigeria Security Support Group (CNSSG) will report conditions and needs of vulnerable groups and communities in the society to aid health and security officials and other critical stakeholders in responding effectively to the management of COVID-19 pandemic and related issues in Nigeria.
The group also commended the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC for its timely dissemination of information to the public, and corporate bodies that had assisted in the fight against the killer virus.
“We commend the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) for its timely dissemination of useful information and indeed numerous corporate organizations and individuals who have contributed funds and other resources to fight COVID-19 in Nigeria. CLEEN Foundation also appreciates the efforts of the Nigeria Police Force and other security personnel in enforcing government’s stay-at-home directives to stop the spread of the disease.”
“However, we are very concerned with reports showing some personnel of the Nigeria Police destroying businesses of some citizens around the Ikorodu axis of Lagos State who flouted the government’s directives on COVID-19 in the state.”
“We call on personnel of the Nigeria Police Force and other security personnel deployed to monitor and enforce compliance of government directives to work within the provisions of the Nigerian constitution and rules of engagement in policing vulnerable groups and communities during this difficult period.”
The group recommended some measures to ensure that those fighing the diseases are well taken care of, and rights of Nigerians not trampled, which includes,adequate financial, human and logistic support in the fight against COVID-19 in Nigeria through adequate resourcing of testing, isolation and treatment centres amongst others.
