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Head of Anambra Digital Entrepreneurship Office, Ifeanyi Aniago
By Pamela Eboh Awka
The Anambra State Government in its ongoing effort to curb the spread of Coronavirus in the state, has announced a special give-away tagged ‘Report and Win’.
According to a statement by the Head of Digital Entrepreneurship Office, Mr. Ifeanyi Aniago, the special give away is for persons who give information on suspected COVID-19 patients.
He said that the goal was to support government’s effort to curb possible spread of COViD-19 pandemic and any form of influx of persons into Anambra especially through informal boundary routes thereby exposing the state to the risk of imported community spread.
The statement reads in part: “It is a simple game that will contribute a lot to stopping the infiltration of our dear state by friends and family whose entry into the state at this time could lead to the deaths of thousands if they end up spreading the deadly Coronavirus.
“It’s on record that Anambra State Government has done a great deal to ensure that we are safe at this trying time and all that is required of every citizen is to ensure that none of their relatives brings Coronavirus into the state.
“We shall be giving out free prizes to anyone who reports a new returnee into the state. For every complete details of returnee, you get N10,000. Anyone can win as much as possible.”
Aniago insisted that it was an offence to enter into the state at this time noting that anyone that enters the state undetected with the virus can easily trigger a community spread especially with the ease of lockdown.
He said that so far, five persons had been reported through this method saying the details of the people had been channeled to the appropriate quarters for investigation.
