By Abubakar Rabilu Gombe
The National Orientation Agency, NOA, in Gombe State, says the agency is collaborating with groups, associations and Nongovernmental organizations in their campaign for enlightenment on Covid-19 across the state.
The State Director in Gombe State, Mrs. Sarah A Yapkwa, disclosed this during an interview with the qualitative magazine, that the collaboration was taking the campaigns to motor parks and other public places, telling them of the measures needed to be observed to protect themselves on Covid-19, especially the importance of hand washing with soap and sanitizer.
Mrs. Yapkwa said the campaign was sometimes buying airtime in some radio stations in the state for live programmes on Covid-19, by opening phone lines to give the public the opportunity to call in and asked questions, as well as give their inputs about Covid-19.
According to her, people, especially those in the rural area do not understand the importance of washing of hands with soap and sanitizer, but that the campaign and live programmes and public contributions on the radio were creating the needed enlightenment and appreciation towards NOA for the contribution.
She said some people in some places were not wearing face masks and were not observing social distance, but that the campaign was going round places like Motor Parks and other public places to enlighten them to become more enlightened to observe them.
Mrs. Yapkwa said recent NOA and groups collaboration was taken to the Bauchi Motor park and ended in the Gombe Central Round-About, where people were enlightened the dangers of Covid-19 and the need to observe the measures put in place to prevent spread, as well as protect themselves from the dreaded Corona virus.
She further said since the emergence of the Covid-19 in the month of February in Nigeria, the NOA had not relent in its efforts to go from place to place to educate the public, as directed by the National Headquarters, because enlightenment was what was needed as contribution to curb the spread of the virus.
