{"id":137890,"date":"2020-04-16T14:06:46","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T13:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/?p=137890"},"modified":"2020-04-16T14:06:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T13:06:50","slug":"why-nigerians-are-going-for-blackseed-oil-now-to-battle-tackle-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/why-nigerians-are-going-for-blackseed-oil-now-to-battle-tackle-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Nigerians Are Going For Blackseed Oil Now To Battle & Tackle Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Since last week when Oyo State Governor,\nEngr. SeyiMakinde, revealed that he managed his Coronavirus attack with a\nmixture of Blackseed Oil, Honey and Vitamin C many celebrities have been going\nround major local markets and Iya Alagbos looking for the fruit, Blackseed Oil,\npopularly called Adindudu in Yoruba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Gov. Makinde, \u201cI consumed\nCarrots, Vitamin C, Blackseed out with Honey to fight Coronavirus\u201d. The\nGovernor, disclosed what he did in isolation to test Negative to Coronavirus.\nEarlier on this month, the governor had announced that he was Positive of the\ndisease and went into isolation. A few days back he got medical all-clearance\nto announce that he had proven Negative to the rampaiging virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Makinde speaking on Fresh FM, a radio\nstation based in Ibadan gave account of his isolation and how he was able to\ntest Negative after earlier testing Positive. He said he only tested to boost\nhis immunity and regularly exercise on the treadmill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The governor said he consumed Vitamin C,\nCarrots as well as Blackseed oil mixed with Honey. He encouraged people to\nembrace local available materials to boost immunity and overcome the virus. \u201cMy\nvery good friend and brother, Dr Muyideen Olatunji, is the one in charge of the\nPrimary Healthcare for Oyo State. He came to me and said, look, I am going to\nsend to you this blackseed oil, it boosts immunity. So I mixed it with honey\nand took one teaspoon in the morning and one in the evening. \u201cSo, there are\nlocal solutions to boost immunity. Our people should not fret. Just as I have\nbeen able to get the virus out of my system, so will it be for our people,\u201d\nMakinde said. According to Makinde, his days in isolation also offered him a\ntime to rethink his programmes and policies for the state as well as how to\nhandle the socio-economic effects of COVID-19 on the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have lost a little bit of weight, which\nI think is good. When you are in isolation, the tendency is just to watch\ntelevision and eat, I was eating amala. But I was also using the Treadmill. It\nhas also been a period to reflect and look at the programmes, policies and the\nthings we want to do for the people of Oyo State and also reflect on how the\nCOVID-19 is going to affect us socially and economically,\u201d Makinde added. He\nlater promised the commitment of his administration to ensuring that no citizen\nof the state dies from contracting the virus. Speaking during the opening the\n100-bed Infectious Disease Centre, Olodo, Ibadan, meant to serve as Isolation\ncentre in the state, Makinde said what was more imperative was for residents of\nthe state to adhere to social distancing and hygienic practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He announced that he had taken over as head\nof the Oyo COVID-19 Task Force. Makinde described as jobless, those who criticised\nhim for handing over headship of the task force to former Chief Medical\nDirector, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Professor Temitope Alonge. He\nsaid his decisions in relation to tackling coronavirus in the state were\ninformed by advice from medical experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are all in an uncharted territory, so\nwe may not be 100 percent perfect, but I want you to continue to give us your\nsupport because we are here to work for you and we are here to ensure that no\nlife is lost to this pandemic. Our measures are all work in progress. So, where\nwe see any need for improvement, we will work on improvement. \u201cLet us keep\nobserving social distancing, good hygiene practices. They told me that the\nvirus itself is fearful such that washing of hands with soap and water destroys\nthe virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSome jobless people have been talking\nabout who I should hand over to whether it should be a Professor of Virology. I\nam not a Professor of Virology myself. When the experts speak, the people in\npositions of leadership only need commonsense. They have a room there where\nthey cross pollinate ideas, discuss and challenge themselves and come up with\nthe best course of action,\u201d Makinde said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking further, he emphasised that he would not declare a total lockdown until the state government had all the needed palliatives and had the data to ensure that the right persons get the palliatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n