The Governor of Kano state Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, has begged for an urgent ease of the 14-day total lockdown the federal government imposed on the state.

It will be recalled that there has been a reported "Mass death" in the state a situation that necessitated President Muhammadu Buhari to order a 14 days total lockdown in the state which took effect on Monday.

meanwhile, the governor said it is important to relax the lockdown for a while in order to ease the hardship in the state, especially in the holy month of Ramadan.

The governor made this known at the government house where he inaugurated a panel of experts to support the state task force technical committee, Ganduje said government is increasing treatment centres for COVID-19 in the state.

“We would engage the presidential task force on COVID-19 to seek permission to relax the total lockdown imposed on Kano,” he said.

“We are making this appeal on behalf of our people who are presently running out of food items. We would love the federal government to relax the lockdown for a period of time to enable people stock their homes, especially now that majority of us are fasting. It will also ease the economic hardship in the state.”

Meanwhile, Mr Tijani Hussain, the state coordinator of the task force, put the COVID-19 death toll in Kano at five, saying none of the deceased died at the isolation centre as the state recorded 80 fresh cases yesterday.