'Exemplary' Groups laud Lagos governor over COVID-19 response

Lagos State governor, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, has been lauded by media associations in the country for the way and manner he responded since the state recorded the first index case of Covid-19 pandemic which is fast becoming ”a third world war”.

In a communique signed by the president of Lagos Online Media Publishers (LASOMP) and Coalition of Online Publishers in West Africa (COPUWA), Mr. Sola Adeyemo, the groups appreciated the governor for his exemplary leadership skills and the needed alacrity in curtailing the spread the deadly pandemic in Africa’s fifth largest economy.

Whilst highlighting some of the key decisions and policy directions of the state, Adeyemo said, “Our members are unanimous in their resolve to express gratitude to Governor Sanwo-Olu for rising to the occasion like a worthy and forward-thinking leader who’s alive to his responsibilities.

The two groups with a membership strength of well over ninety online journalists and media personalities in Nigeria and West Africa also used the medium to express their readiness to join hands with the state government in sensitizing Lagosians about the deadly bug and various measures being deployed by the state government to ensure her citizens are well-protected and cared for whilst it lasts.