The Speaker, Kogi State House of Assembly, Matthew Kolawole has called on the Federal government to consider complete easing of the lockdown arising from the Coronavirus pandemic.

The Speaker made the call in an interactive session with newsmen in Lokoja, the state capital.

Honourable Kolawole who aligned himself with the position of the state Governor, Yahaya Bello on the pandemic said that he too had been convinced that the issue of covid-19 was more political than reality.

He said that the the politics was occasioned by the economic benefits accruing to some people who are not patriotic.

“Honestly I want to align myself with the position of the Governor (Yahaya Bello) that the issue is more political than reality, the symptoms of Covid-19 such as fever cater and pneumonia which we are all familiar with and we have our own way of treating it,” he said.

He said that even though Kogi state remained largely covid-19 free, the state government had put measures in place to address the issue if ever cases are reported.

According to him, the state assembly have enacted series of legislation aimed at helping the state effectively tackle the pandemic if it ever surfaced in the state.

He said that the house has also set up a committee under the leadership of the Deputy Speaker, Ahmed Ahmed to liaise with the squadron committee set up by the Governor under the leadership of the Deputy Governor, Edward Onoja to fashion out ways to address the pandemic.

  Governor Yahaya Bello