The coronavirus pandemic has affected no fewer than 185 countries of the world. According to data from worldometer, a website dedicated to providing real-time statistics, over 3,000,000 persons have contracted the respiratory disease globally.
The details of Mrs Oyeyemi’s speech was contained in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, which was sent to this paper. “All we are doing now is preserving the state’s wealth to take care of major expenses of the state like first-line expenses – salaries and taking care of the poor and provide for the completion of the ongoing projects. An area that we will still look into is education sector because we will be providing alternative for classroom learning. Also, the present administration has embarked on several water projects which must not stop because at such a time like this, our people need potable water.