Oyo To Produce 1milion Facemasks For Distribution To Residents

The Oyo State government has said it would produce an initial one million face masks to kick start the use of facemasks by the public as the lockdown eases.

Governor Seyi Makinde said this during a press briefing on Friday.

According to him 100 tailors would be commissioned by Monday, the 20th of April, 2020 to make 10,000 face masks each from clothes.

He stated that the project was one of the measures to prevent, contain and control the spread of COVID-19 in Oyo State.

We are collaborating with experts who have already designed these face masks to train the tailors on how to make them.

— Seyi Makinde (@seyiamakinde) April 17, 2020

He further revealed the state was collaborating with relevant agencies to ensure that food security was address.

“ This is planting season and we want to ensure that our farmers are able to farm. So, we are ramping up on enlightenment of the farmers on how best to remain safe during the planting season.

”We are also collaborating with the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IART) to get seedlings for the farmers so that they don’t miss the planting season.” he said.