The Governor of Cross River State, Governor Ben Ayade as part of proactive measures to curb the spread of the covid 19 pandemic, on Tuesday 31 March 2020, set up a taskforce saddled with the responsibility of safeguarding the state against the global scourge.
Governor Ben Ayade explaining the move to set up a taskforce, said: “Cross River State being an international border state, and with the incident in Cameroon, I call on President Muhammadu Buhari, and the Minister of Health to treat Cross River in a very peculiar way, because we need the obvious and express attention of the federal government.
With a strong desire to ensure Cross River remains free of the virus, I have approved the sum of N500m and also released 20 Vehicles to the task force to support their activities. It is our hope, that Cross River will continue to record zero incidence of this pandemic and we can only achieve this if we work together as a team,” he said.
Stating further, the Governor said:
“The core mandate of this taskforce is to ensure the full implementation of the lockdown order, ensure that food and necessary supplies are made available to our people during this period and ensure prompt response to any case if any.
Furthermore, I mandate all my Commissioners to ensure that food supply from the Cross River food bank gets to each of their LGA’s. I am without doubt that if we work together as a team we will defeat this pandemic in no time.
Please stay home, and stay safe,” he added.