Kyari’s burial: PTF coordinator apologises, says cemetery has been decontaminated
- The national coordinator of the PTF on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu, has apologised for flouting the social distancing order at Abba Kyari's burial
- Kyari, who was the chief of staff to President Buhari, died on Friday, April 17, from the complication from COVID-19
- Sani admitted that there should have been a better crowd control at Abba Kyari's burial
Following the criticisms that the greeted the crowd at the burial of Abba Kyari, the late chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has apologised for certain errors made during the funeral.
Channels TV reports that Kyari, who died from complications from COVID-19 on Friday, April 17, was buried at Gudu Cemetery in Abuja on Saturday, April 18.
Legit.ng gathered that there were debates all over social media and in street corners regarding the flouting of the social distancing and adequate protection rule by many of those who attended the funeral.
The national coordinator of the task force, Sani Aliyu, in his speech on Monday, April 20, however, apologised on behalf of the PTF, admitting that there should have been a better crowd control at the burial.
Aliyu said: “The PTF will like to acknowledge and apologise for the mistakes that were made regarding the burial of the late Chief of Staff.
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“We realised that crowd control failed, we have learned from this and we will ensure that future events are adequately regulated and follow the task force’s protocols.
“The Gudu Cemetery had since been decontaminated, the personal protective equipment discarded at the site; decontaminated being burned and discarded according to the NCDC guidelines.
“I’ll like to further clarify the issue of COVID-19 and the burial processes. Contrary to what is on social media, the body of the late Chief of Staff was properly prepared for burial, according to NCDC guidelines and the Islamic faith.
“The bodies of persons with COVID-19, as stated clearly by the WHO guidelines except in cases of viral haemorrhagic fever and cholera, dead bodies are generally not infectious. To date, there’s no evidence of persons having become infected from exposure to the bodies of persons who had died of COVID-19.”
Earlier on at the briefing, the chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, apologised over violations that took place during the burial of the late chief of staff.
Mustapha who is also the secretary to the government of the federation said it is regrettable that social distancing was not observed during the burial.
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“The PTF recognises, regrettably, the unintentional violation of the principles and protocols that form the core of our message to Nigerians at the funeral of the late chief of staff,” the SGF said.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that the director-general, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, informed Nigerians that life won’t return to normal after COVID-19 pandemic.
It was reported that Ihekweazu stated this while speaking on a radio programme in Lagos on Monday, April 20.
He said that a return to the pre-COVID lifestyle, once the current restrictions are relaxed, could bring about a high resurgence of the infection.
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