The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari in his own time will announce  when to lift the lockdown protocol in Lagos, Abuja and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

“The President will make that announcement in his own time. We will give him the facts, he will consider the facts and make his own announcements using his own wisdom,” the Minister said.

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The 14-days lockdown order was first directed on the 29th of March and extended due to the rise in daily COVID-29 confirmations on the 13th of April for another 14 days. The decision of whether or not to extend the lockdown according Dr. Ehanire is dependent on the need of Nigerians.

“What happens is that every country, you balance the medical and the health-related benefits from the economic-related benefits because you have an economy you don’t want to kill and you also have the health side that you don’t want to destroy.

“It’s a very delicate balance which you need to do. All countries do that; it’s not only in our country. Even in the United States, they have that debate all the time. Do we open the economy now or do we not open it now?” he said.