The senate says it is suspending all public hearings until
further notice.
The upper legislative chamber said this is to curb the
spread of the coronavirus.
It also said it will suspend entry into its gallery for
whatever purpose, including for excursions and visits from schools and
organisations, starting from Tuesday.
Senate President Ahmad Lawan made the announcement after an
executive session before Thursday’s plenary session — a day after the house of
representatives proposed banning visitors from the legislative complex.
The National Assembly Complex receives
an average of 3,500 visitors weekly.
Nigeria currently has eight confirmed cases of the virus —
five of which were announced on Wednesday.
All the cases were linked to contacts that had been to
affected countries. The outbreak has led to the initiation of measures to curb
the spread of the virus, including ban on public gatherings and closure of
schools.
Apart from banning public officials from foreign trips, the
federal government had also banned travellers from 13 countries that have over
1,000 cases of the virus.
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