Federal Government Offices To Open May 4 – Presidential Task Force

The Presidential Task Force on Coronavirus has noted that Federal Government offices will be opened starting from May 4.

The task force noted that it would discuss with state governments to ensure they are on the same page with the Federal Government on the development.

The National Coordinator of PTF, Aliyu Sani, revealed this during the daily briefing on the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday in Abuja

Aliyu said that the resumption would be based on specific grade levels.

“For government offices, government staff will be allowed to resume from May 4, but it will be based on specific grade levels and specific days so that we can reduce the amount of congestion that we might have in our government offices.”

“We will be discussing further with state governments to make sure that we have a common approach to this”, he said.

PTF also revealed that banks, construction companies, manufacturing and others could commence operation from May 4.

Banks would operate from 8am to 2pm daily and must observed all new restrictions announced by the government.

PTF stated that the temperature test, respiratory hygiene and restriction of gathering of 20 persons maximum would be introduced.