President Muhammadu
Buhari will decide on the two-week national lockdown proposed by governors,
according to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and
Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the COVID-19 pandemic, Boss
Mustapha.
Governors of the 36
States in Nigeria had on Wednesday, “unanimously” agreed to the implementation
of an interstate lockdown over the next two weeks, to help curb the spread of
Coronavirus.
Mustapha, speaking
at the daily briefing on Thursday, said every input including that of the
governors would be collated by the committee and a report will be written and
submitted to the President.
“Basically, what
they are suggesting is that travel from one state to the other should be
stopped with certain exemptions of essential services, petroleum products, farm
inputs, fertilizer so that we can keep the wheel of our economy ready.
“Like I said, that
is their proposal, the federal government is yet to make a decision and, as to
whether that will be part of our report, the presidential task force will meet
and take a holistic look at all the proposals that are coming in as to the next
line of action going forward.
“This will not be
taken in isolation; and so I want to assure you that we are working in synergy
and collaboratively with the state governments and subnational entities that,
with this phase going into the third phase, it will be more collaborative than
we would have taken into consideration the inputs and interests of different
segments of our society,” Mustapha said.
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