Dare Donates  Sanitizers , Handwashers To Help Curb  Spread  Of Covid-19 Epidemic

Youths and Sports Minister  Mr Sunday Dare  has donated  sanitizer, handwashers  and other sanitary materials to staff of the Ministry  and adjourning communities in the Federal Captital Territory. 

Dare said  the gesture  is to help against  the spread  of the virus by ensuring  that people adhere to hygienic  instructions which  would  curtail  the spread  of the virus.

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“We have a responsibility  to help  fight against  the spread  of  cobid-19 by maintaining  simple hygiene  of hand washing,sanitizing our hands and maintaining  social  distance. We must be our brothers keepers at a time like this.  We must lend support  to those that are  infected and prevent further  spread through  consistent  enlightenment  and education,” Dare said. 

 “We can  not take anything  for granted.  All hands must be on deck to fight  this scourge. The Federal government  through the Ministry  of Health  and other agencies  are doing everything  possible to manage the spread  of the virus . We have a responsibility  to lend support  to  these efforts.”

Dare had ordered  the closure of  all the National  Stadiums in Lagos, Abuja, Kaduna and Ibadan as well as the suspension  of all sporting  activities to mitigate  the spread of the virus.

The Federal government  had called off the National  Sports Festival as a result of the epidemic. The weekly Federal  Executive  Council meeting  has been  suspended,while workers from level 12 and bellow were  directed  to work from home.

Only on Tuesday,the International Olympic  committee  had postponed  the 2020 Tokyo Olympics till 2021 as a result  of the  spread of the virus.