COVID-19: Caring for daily income- earners our major challenge – Okowa
COVID-19: Caring for daily income- earners our major challenge – Okowa ON MAY 2, 20205:01 PMIN NEWS Governor Ifeanyi Okowa making a State broadcast on the COVID-19 pandemic Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, said the state faced a major challenge in dealing with the informal sector in the prevailing lockdown aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19. He said this on Saturday at “The Platform”, the Annual Worker’s Day programme of the Covenant Christian Centre dedicated to Nigeria’s Battle Against COVID-19 on Channels TV monitored in Asaba via Skype. The governor disclosed that it was a tough challenge making those who relied on daily income to comply with the sit-at-home order of the state government. He said that the state provided palliatives to cushion the effect of the lockdown on those in the informal sector, especially the vulnerable. Okowa added that aside the informal sector, another challenge in the state was the issue of stigmatisati...