FG Set To Consider #EndSARS’ Judicial Panels Reports, Osinbajo

The Federal government is set to discuss reports of #EndSARS Judicial Panels of inquiry as 28 states had so far concluded their various reports.

While eight states have turned in their reports, Lagos state panel will round off in October, 2021.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, made the disclosure at the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting, adding that the Council looks forward to discussing them in full at its next meeting as more States are expected to make their submissions as well.

This was among resolutions reached at the end of the Council’s 119th meeting (8th in 2021), held virtually and presided over by the Vice President, with State governors, federal ministers, and other senior government officials in attendance.

Speaking on the consideration of the panel reports, Prof. Osinbajo said already the 8 States: Abia, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Kwara, Nasarawa, Ondo, and Rivers, have submitted reports of their respective panels, while Lagos State has also submitted an interim report.

Update on cholera at the meeting showed that the suspected number of cases  are now 47,603 with 23 states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja infected.

Already the number of confirmed cases are 427 while the number of deaths now stand at 1,768.

The states which have reported suspected cases in 2021 are: Benue, Delta, Zafara, Gombe, Kogi, Sokoto, Plateau, Kebbi, Cross River, Niger, Nassarawa, Jigawa,Yobe, Kwara, Enugu, Adamawa, Kastina and Borno while rapid response had been deployed to Bauchi, Benue, FCT, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano and Kastina.

On Covid-19, the council was informed by the National Center for Disease Control that the Delta variant number of Cases are now 187,023, tested Cases 2,727,834, Active Cases16,300, Discharged Cases168,455 while Number of Deaths stood at 2,268