The Federal Government has announced an extension of the current partial lockdown of the country, saying the relax of its containment protocols against the Covid-19 Pandemic is not now.

This was announced by the Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce PTF on Covid-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Mr Boss Mustapha,on Monday in Abuja during the daily briefing of the Taskforce.

“The reality is that in spite of the modest progress made, Nigeria is not yet ready for full opening of the economy and tough decisions have to be taken for the good of the greater majority. Any relaxation will only portend grave danger for our populace.​

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”Advisedly, the current phase of eased restriction will be maintained for another two weeks during which stricter enforcement and persuasion measures will be pursued”.