scoott linkedJun 15, 2020Read original

Interstate Ban Lifting, Ease of Lockdown, School Reopening May Be Announced As FG Briefs Nigerians

Today, His Excellency, President Muhammad Buhari will be addressing Nigerians on the subsequent phase of incremental easing of COVID-19 lockdown. The press will be released through the Presidential COVID-19 Task Force.

As observed, it appears that President Muhammad Buhari will not be addressing Nigerians furthermore on the intermittent media briefing on relaxation of lockdown.

However, Boss Mustapha, the Chairman of Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 will likely continue to be summarizing the next steps to be taken by the President on COVID-19 on his social media.

Perhaps, these are the steps which are presumably to be addressed by President Muhammad Buhari on COVID-19 issue today:

— Reopening of schools across the states whereby only students in their final year in tertiary institutions; students sitting for the West African Examination Certificate (WAEC) and those sitting for the Junior Secondary School Certificate Examination (JSSCE) will be allowed to resume with strict measures.

— Implication of mandatory face masks usage by the resuming students, compulsory placement of hand sanitizers in school premises and ban of social gathering in the school from students or school staff till further notice.

— Resumption of local airline flights operations starting from June 21st as presumed in the previous presidential press release.

— Total lifting of ban placed on interstate travel. Thus, people will be having a free movement and continue their usual activities.

— Popular marketplaces will be allowed to open biweekly and not every week as usual.

— Ban on international flights will still be intact while evacuation of stranded Nigerians in foreign countries continues.

At the matter of fact, if the aforementioned announcement is made, President Muhammad Buhari will win the hearts of many Nigerians more than ever.

I, hereby, urge every citizen of Nigeria to abide by the rules and regulations laid by the Presidential COVID-19 Task Force, the Nigerian Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC) and World Health Organization in Nigeria to help fight the pandemic.