By Dele Moses, Ilorin
Former Minister of Youths and Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi, on Sunday distributed hand sanitizers among a group of residents in Ilorin, Kwara state with an appeal that people should abide by guidelines for the use of sanitizers and other preventive devices against Coronavirus infection.
Abdullahi who hails from the state made the distribution under the aegis of his political group, ‘Omoluabi Movement’
About 3000 people benefitted from the gesture as the sanitizers were distributed to trade unions, development association and some individuals in Alanamu, Ubandawaki, Adewole and Oloje areas of the town.
Chairman of the Omoluabi Movement, Babatunde Sidiq, a former Permanent Secretary in the state and spokesman of the group, Mas’ud Adebimpe, a former Chief Press Secretary to a former Governor in the state who both spoke with newsmen during the distribution cautioned people against abuse and wrong application of the sanitizers.
Sidiq stated: “Unfortunately, many of our people here have misconstrued the use of the sanitizers. It is expected of all of us to apply sanitizers on our hands after washing our hands as many times as possible. Sanitisers are not meant for consumption. Incidentally, many people have misconstrued the disease as not airborne but water borne.
“They think they can use it to wash their mouth or use as body cream. This should not be the case. It’s essentially meant for our hands.
“We are targeting 3,000 people, including organized labour, trade unions, transport unions, as well as development associations in the area.
“We appeal to our people to adhere to the guidelines and medical advice on prevention against COVID-19 pandemic by experts and governments. We should obey stay at home order to be safe.
“We hereby call on other well spirited individuals and organizations to contribute to the fight against this global pandemic. No effort is too little to make impact.”