The people of Asari-Toru Local Government Area, ASALGA received the directive of the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control,(NCDC) to shut down for 21 days following the sudden demise of the executive chairman of Area, Odiari Princewill, who was said to have died from coronavirus with mixed feeling.
A statement signed by the Vice Chairman of the Council, Mrs Alaso Johnbull-Obi, ordered the residents to adhere strictly to the directive.
But some of the commuters in an interview appealed for palliatives to enable them to cope with the economic woes during the 21- day period.
However, residents of Degema, Asari Toru, Akuku Toru, Bonny and Okrika Local Government Areas in Rivers State were thrown into joy after receiving palliatives from an indigenous oil firm, Eroton Exploration and Production Company Limited in partnership with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,(NNPC).
The residents of the above Local Councils comprising over 60 communities, said the gesture would ease the sufferings occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic.
Those expected to benefit from the palliatives include pregnant women, nursing mothers, children, youths and adults.
The items distributed by the firm include several bags of rice, cartons of noodles, tomato paste and vegetable oil.
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