PRESIDENCY DENIES PLAN FOR FRESH COVID-19 LOCKDOWN

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON THURSDAY URGED NIGERIANS TO REGARD THE NEWS CIRCULATING ONLINE THAT IT WAS CONTEMPLATING ANOTHER LOCKDOWN.

BOSS MUSTAPHA, SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATION (SGF), ALSO CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE (PTF) ON COVID-19, MADE THE CLARIFICATION.

THE STATEMENT WAS SIGNED BY WILLIE BASSEY, DIRECTOR INFORMATION IN HIS OFFICE.

MUSTAPHA ALSO ADVISED NIGERIANS TO JOIN HANDS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO CONTAIN THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS BY ADHERING TO NON-PHARMACEUTICAL INTERVENTIONS (NPI’S) AS RECOMMENDED BY PTF.