Breaking: FG Extends Ease Of Lockdown By Four Weeks

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The federal government of Nigeria, on Thursday, extended the second phase of the Covid-19 eased lockdown by another four weeks.

The extension was disclosed by Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, during the daily briefing of the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 in Abuja.

The announcement makes it the third time that the Federal government will be extending the second phase of lockdown currently observed nationwide.

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Mustapha explained that the extension was necessary to address identified challenges and improving the National Response to eventually win the fight against the pandemic.

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He said the PTF reached the conclusion that for Nigeria, it is important to ensure that restrictions are not completely relaxed in order to control transmission, saying that it is also important that at this Community Transmission Phase of the pandemic, sub-national governments step up to take more responsibilities by owning the response.

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