Akwa Ibom COVID-19 committee threatens to shut centres
Akwa Ibom COVID-19 committee threatens to shut centres By IBAKA CONNECT 05 July 2020 | 3:15 am A seven-day ultimatum has been issued to oil giant, ExxonMobil to comply with stipulated COVID-19 guidelines or risk having all its quarantine centres in Akwa Ibom State shut down. The threat was issued, yesterday, by the Chairman of Akwa Ibom State COVID-19 Management Committee and Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem, while speaking with Government House pressmen in Uyo. The Chairman said it had been observed that ExxonMobil, in operating its quarantine centres, has not followed the AKSG/NCDC/WHO laid-down protocols for the effective and efficient running of quarantine centres. These breaches, he stated, are capable of endangering the lives of not just ExxonMobil staff, but also that of the people in the state. Ekuwem said the state Government would not overlook the breaches, as it could jeopardise the sustained and deliberate efforts of the Udom Emmanuel