President Muhammadu Buhari was on Monday briefed by the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 on the latest efforts to curb the spread of the disease in the country.
At the State House, Abuja for the briefing were the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the PTF, Boss Mustapha; Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire; the Coordinator of the PTF on Covid-19, Dr. Sani Aliyu; and Director-General of the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu.
The briefing comes as the second phase of the gradual easing of the lockdown ends today, and Nigerians await the next set of directives from the government.
The second phase of the gradual easing of the lockdown in the country was for an initial period of four weeks; after President Buhari had on April 27 announced the gradual easing of a five-week lockdown in FCT, Lagos and Ogun States.
The lockdown was initially eased to a nationwide night curfew (8 p.m. to 6 a.m.) from May 4 to May 17, and was subsequently extended by two weeks that elapsed midnight on June 1.
The second phase which was implemented over four weeks spanning June 2nd – 29th, is still subject review.
In this second phase, Federal Government relaxed restrictions on banking operations and worship places, subject to subsequent approval and implementation by State Governments.
Federal government had also retained nationwide curfew but the time was reduced from 10pm to 4am. It had also removed restrictions on the movement of goods and services in the second phase, but maintained the ban on interstate movement of commercial passengers.
