The Federal Government is committed to ensuring compliance with the COVID-19 Health Regulation Protection 2021 to curtail further spread of virus, Checkout Magazine learnt.
The Minister of Environment, Mohammad Abubakar said an upsurge in the number of COVID-19 infections in the country has made enforcing compliance with COVID-19 HRP 2021 a necessity.
According to the Minister, the Six Parts Regulations’ comprehensive provisions must be made to work for the good of the Nigerian public. The provisions on non-pharmaceutical measures are, by no means, the most important aspects of COVID-19 prevention and they are very clear and easy to adhere to.
He said “The COVID-19 HPR 2021 is an essential legal directive meant to safeguard the health of the entire Nigerian people which must be complied with for the citizens’ good. It spells out clearly the roles of stakeholders – individual Nigerians, religious leaders; business owners; worship centres; commercial centres; institutions of learning; health care institutions; transportation facilities; workplaces; hospitality facilities; custodial centres and others.
“We have a responsibility to ensure that all the provisions therein are complied within the interest of all of us. Remember that the health of one is the health of all.
“Furthermore, the ministry is poised to ensure compliance with the COVID-19 HPR 2021; a team of environmental health officers of the ministry has been mobilised.
“In the same manner, I enjoin environmental health authorities in the sub-national entities (state and local governments), to accordingly mobilise their environmental health officers to join the important national assignment.”
