He said President Muhammadu Buhari should not devolve such powers to the state governments "because apart from Lagos and maybe one or two other states, the commitment is, to say the least, very disappointing.
"I believe that the president should please not devolve those powers.
He urged the Federal government to set up a research team to regularly evaluate the country's response to COVID-19.
He said it was also important to include a research team in the composition of the Presidential Task force on COVID-19.
"The response must be evaluated by the research team.
