COVID-19: Celebs take responsibility in style with face masks

By Gbenga Bada

Since Lagos state was first hit by coronavirus with the index case introduced in February 2020, the imaginative and prescient of the state authorities has been to curb unfold and deaths to the barest minimal.

And within the final 4 months, the state authorities led by Babajide Sanwo-Olu has continued to leverage an environment friendly strategy aided by an skilled cupboard to battle the unfold of the virus.

After a number of weeks of lockdown, it was time to open up the effervescent Lagos economic system and the necessity for normal use of face masks grew to become high precedence.

Previous to the necessity to embrace using face masks in Lagos, celebrities like Omashola, Folu Storms and Ifu Ennada had turned up on the 2020 AMVCA award ceremony sporting trendy face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic.

It was in furtherance of this trigger that the State authorities lately launched the ‘Take Duty’ marketing campaign and urged residents to help the state in curbing the unfold of coronavirus by sporting face masks in public.

To this finish, celebrities – from actors to comedians and musicians – have taken it of their stride to advertise the marketing campaign with the common use of face masks, that are shared on their varied social media pages to sensitise and create consciousness for the Lagos public.

From celebs adorning face masks with matching attires to others sensitising followers and most people on the necessity to put on face masks, the attention on the necessity to use face masks is quick gaining traction on-line.

Nigerian celebs like Helen Paul, Uti Nwanchukwu, Adunni Ade, Melvin Odua, Mawuli Gavor, Kunle Remi, Anthony Majaro, Charles Inojie, Oluwatobi Essien, Monica Friday, Adejumoke Aderounmu, Ayo Bankole, Woli Arole and Asiri Comedy have figuring out with the marketing campaign utilizing a web-based photobooth to additional sensitise the general public.

The celebs have been displaying dedication to the accountability name made by Sanwo-Olu to make use of face masks whereas dwelling and performing responsibly.

The celebs have been sharing photos of them sporting a Lagos State branded face masks on their social media pages for followers to key into the necessity to take accountability.

Governor Sanwo-Olu’s Govt Assistant on New Media and Public Relations, Olusegun Fafore additionally disclosed that the marketing campaign is a plea to Lagosians to adjust to the Governor’s directive.

Fafore says there’s a necessity for each resident to indicate care within the wellbeing of others and defend them from getting contaminated by sporting facemasks within the public.

“If everybody in the neighborhood wears a facemask, we might be fulfilling our obligation of accountability, which insulates others from secretion that may infect them, or put different residents in danger via environmental contamination arising from the secretion”, stated Fafore, explaining how residents are anticipated to take accountability within the State’s spectacular struggle towards COVID-19.

In Might 2020, EbonyLife media boss, Mo Abudu launched into a face masks sharing spree for the subsequent two weeks. The showbiz impresario famous that she was excited gifting away face masks totally free via the EbonyLife face masks financial institution.

Over the previous two months, the state authorities has produced and distributed greater than three million facemasks to the citizenry.

The trouble heralded Governor Sanwo-Olu’s announcement that sporting a face masks at public gatherings has change into obligatory within the State.