COVID-19: Wike declares curfew on Rivers

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COVID-19: Wike declares curfew on Rivers

DETERMINED to check the spread of COVID-19 in the state, the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on some parts of Port Harcourt and its environs

Wike also granted waiver to newspaper distributors, media practitioners and other professionals in the state.

In a state broadcast on Monday in Port Harcourt, the governor listed areas that would be affected by the curfew which would begin on Tuesday (today) as Obiri-Ikwerre Junction (Ozuoba, Rumualogu), Choba and Education Bus-stop to Agip Junction.

On the waiver granted to different categories of persons, the governor listed other affected professionals as medical and pharmaceutical personnel, food and beverages, essential oil and gas staff, petroleum products.

He said,

Wike warned that further violation of the directive for markets to remain closed would attract a statewide curfew.

Wike maintained that beneficiaries of the waiver must identify themselves with valid identity cards.