COVID-19: FG To Announce Decision On Next Phase Of Eased Lockdown Tomorrow

The President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government will on Tuesday, reveal details of the next phase of eased lockdown across the nation on Tuesday.

This was disclosed by the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, on Monday.

Mustapha said this while briefing State House correspondents after a meeting with Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

Bashir Ahmad, Personal Assistant on New Media to President Buhari also reechoed the SGF’s position in a tweet on Monday. He wrote: “Today is the last day of Nigeria’s phase II of the eased lockdown, members of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefed and submitted their recommendations to the President for approval, the next lines of action will be announced tomorrow, SGF Boss Mustapha discloses.”

Today is the last day of the Nigeria’s phase II of the eased lockdown, members of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefed and submitted their recommendations to the President for approval, the next lines of action will be announced tomorrow, SGF Boss Mustapha discloses.

— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) June 29, 2020

It will be recalled as earlier reported by Naija News that President Buhari on Monday at the State House in Abuja, received fresh briefings from the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19.

The task force, led by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha briefed the President on the latest happenings in the country as related to the global coronavirus pandemic.

Mustapha was accompanied to the meeting with President Buhari by the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire; the National Coordinator of the PTF on COVID-19, Dr. Sani Aliyu; and the Director-General of the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu.