Senate tells President Buhari to address the nation on Coronavirus pandemic

The Nigerian Senate has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to address the nation over the deadly Coronavirus pandemic.

The senators at Wednesday’s plenary also asked the Federal Government to immediately suspend the Visa on Arrival Policy.

The Senate is also calling for the establishment of “a Special Intervention Fund” to tackle Coronavirus.

This is in addition to the calls by the upper chamber for a “travel ban” on countries with cases of Coronavirus and the suspension of
airlines that ply such routes.

The Senate reached these resolutions following a motion by Senator Danjuma Goje from Gombe State.

The upper legislative chamber also wants Nigerians returning from countries with high cases of Coronavirus, quarantined for a period of time

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