The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has called for the decentralisation of COVID-19 response as well as an inter-state lockdown as the best chance of nipping spread of the virus in communities in the country.

The forum made the call in a communiqué issued after its teleconference meeting, signed by its Chairman and Governor of Ekiti, Dr Kayode Fayemi.

Fayemi said that the call was imperative with over 25 states now affected by spread of the virus and increasing evidence of community transmission.