FG Reviews Lockdown as COVID-19 Cases Rise to 174

Food Markets to Open 10am to 2pm Every Day

Following further reviews of the lockdown order, the Federal Government has relaxed the total lockdown it imposed on the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos and Ogun states to curb the spread of COVID-19. It then issues new guidelines concerning the lockdown.

Following the rise in COVID-19 cases in the country, the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Sunday ordered the lockdown of the FCT, Lagos and Ogun states.

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However, the Federal Government reviewed the lockdown on Wednesday just as COVID-19 cases rose to 174 with 35 new cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control had on Tuesday put the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country at 139.

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The government, in the new guidelines it issued on Wednesday, stated that markets selling food would open from 10am to 2pm every other day. Also, supermarkets and pharmacies are to open from 10am to 4pm every day, but must maintain a high level of hygiene.

The new guidelines also ban bus services during the lockdown. It adds that a mass gathering of more than 20 people is not allowed.

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The President ordered residents of the FCT and the two states to stay at home during the 14-day lockdown, which began in Lagos and Abuja at 11pm on Monday. He however, exempted health personnel, journalists, workers of telecommunication and power companies from the stay-at-home order.

The statement also read, “Borders linking the two states and the FCT to the rest of the country will be shut during the period of the lockdown, except for the transport of persons on essential duties, transport of food, fuel, manufactured goods or donated relief items. Security agencies are please invited to note these.”

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