Anambra mulls tribunal to try violators of Covid-19 directives

Anambra state government wants to put up a special tribunal to try violators of directives to contain coronavirus. The state’s commissioner for information and public enlightenment, Don Adinuba, told Daily Trust, “The state government has not established any tribunal or court to try  defulters of government directives on the fight to contain the spread of […]

Anambra state government wants to put up a special tribunal to try violators of directives to contain coronavirus.

The state’s commissioner for information and public enlightenment, Don Adinuba, told Daily Trust, “The state government has not established any tribunal or court to try  defulters of government directives on the fight to contain the spread of coronavirus in the state but it is considering to  establish one that will spell out penalties.”

According to Adinuba, the state government would be serious and strict in the enforcement of the necessary directives at the gradual easing out of the lockdown in the state.

According to him, the state government was able to achieve great success in containing the pandemic because it started early campaign before other states in the country joined.

He said by early January 2020, the state government had issued advisories against travel to China or other Covid-19-prone country.

According to him, it is only in Anambra that political appointees had visited all the major markets, hotels and supper markets educating stakeholders on the pandemic.

He also said that the state government should be given credit in the manner and ways it has managed the containment of the Covid-19 in the state.