Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State yesterday revealed that the state would explore home-grown solutions towards the prevention and cure of COVID-19.
Makinde stated that the state was not ruling out local solutions to cure the virus, adding that since Nigerians have always had their ways of dealing with flu, catarrh and cough, in ways different from the western world, the state would explore avenues and find a cure.
He said that he was convinced that Nigerians have the capacity and intellect to look at things that work locally, stating that the state would encourage that.
A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa maintaining that as part of measures to contain the spread of Coronavirus in Oyo State, the government was already working on the passage of laws that would compel the use of face masks.
He added that the state was also considering rapid and mass testing of residents with efforts to create two additional testing centres already underway.
The governor, who stated that from his experience of the virus, boosting of immunity had an important part to play in overcoming it, said that while the state is seeking home-grown solution, it would continue to defer to experts’ opinions.
