The Federal Government has yesterday warned sates governors who on their own accord decided to lift the ban on the lockdown order, calling on them to retrace their footsteps.
President Muhammadu Buhari had on 4th May partially relaxed a five-week lockdown order that was imposed on the FCT, Lagos and Ogun states.
However, in the last 48hrs, it was gathered that states like Borno, Ebonyi, Gombe and Adamawa have all lifted the lockdown order allowing social gathering to resume.
Speaking during the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha frowned at their decision.
The SGF said, “In providing leadership for the fight against this pandemic. Mr President did encourage state governments to adopt national guidelines as suitable to their state and expects that such adaptation should be informed by empirical evidence of progress made,”
“The PTF, therefore, urges states that are lifting restrictions which allows for a large congregation of people to weigh their consequences in relation to creating opportunities for more seeding of the virus, thereby negating gains already made.”
Meanwhile, he revealed as at today, 5,445 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Nigeria.
A total of 1,320 patients have been discharged, while 171 have died.
