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Tuesday, April 14, 2020 / 2:00 PM / Bukola Akinyele for WebTV / Header Image Credit: WebTV
There is need for individuals and
organizations to be their brother's keeper, show generosity, share
knowledge materials and give with humility during the lockdown period. A
strategic management consultant, Mr John Wesey, said this while discussing on
WebTV's #CoronanomicsWatch programme.
Speaking on the rising incidences of
robbery attacks by marauding gangs of youths, the consultant called
for effective frameworks among neighbouring communities to build and maintain
structures that improve security especially in Ogun and Lagos States.
He also charged the police to engage in
communal intelligence gathering, surveillance and collaboration with
neighbourhood watch groups.
Wesey was of the opinion that there
should be concentration on surveillance to get feedback from the communities to
design appropriate policing measures.
The management expert was of the view that it was not easy to guarantee
social security looking at the population of unemployed or the plight of
workers that earn daily wages.
He, however, pointed out that the
robbery attacks taking place in Ogun and Lagos states and other
parts of the country are inexcusable. Wesey insisted that citizens must be
encouraged to be more patient for the period.
The COVID-19 situation is a contemporary
challenge the nation is facing for the first time apart from the 1918
crises(the Spanish flu). Wesey urged everybody to be there brothers keepers and
to keep the law.
Speaking on the palliatives for daily
wage workers, he said that the government committee in charge should come
out with ideas that will touch every sector. Some people have lost their
jobs, he noted. The committee must stretch out their tentacles so that people
can help find solutions.
Reviewing the health system, Wesey said
that the country needs an effective and efficient health system and
health infrastructure to support the professionals. There is so much lesson to
learn in terms of this pandemic.
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