FG Warns States Against Lifting Lockdown

The federal government has expressed its opposition to reports that some state governors were lifting restrictions on large congregation of people.

The Chairman, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Mr. Boss Mustapha, who is also the Secretary to the Federal Government warned that while President Muhammadu Buhari had encouraged state governments to adapt national guidelines that are suitable to their state, such adaptation should be informed by empirical evidence of progress made.

The PTF chairman warned the governors that lifting restrictions on large congregation of people had consequences and was an opportunity for more seeding of the virus thereby negating gains already made.