President Muhammadu Buhari has told Nigerians that the country is not ripe for the total relaxation of lockdown imposed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

To this end, the President has directed the extension of the first phase of the eased lockdown measure by another two weeks.

This development was made public by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the COVID-19 Pandemic, Boss Mustapha, during Monday’s daily press briefing by the task force.

The SGF explained that the President took the decision after reviewing happenings within the country since the first phase of the lockdown relaxation became effective on May 4.

To this end, he said President Buhari had ordered that the current level of eased lockdown should be repeated from midnight of Monday, May 18 to June 1, 2020, this would include the 8pm to 6am nationwide curfew that had since been in force.

Buhari also ordered that the total lockdown in place in Kano state be extended by another two weeks in order to contain the spread of the virus.


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