COVID-19: FG Plans Six Weeks Gradual Reopening of Economy
The federal government Wednesday announced six weeks plans to gradually restart the economy after more than four weeks of lockdown in the efforts to check the spread of the coronavirus.
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, said this will be carried out in phases.
Mustapha said this will be broken into three tranches of two weeks each.
According to him, “In line with Mr. President’s directive in paragraphs 38-41 of his broadcast, the PTF has developed sector-specific guidelines. The gradual reopening of the economy will span a total of six weeks broken into three tranches of two weeks each.
“This phased strategy is designed to reduce the pains of socio-economic disruptions while strengthening our public health response, which would ultimately reduce the recovery of our economy and provide succour to the poor and vulnerable.”
Under the new arrangement, commercial banks will start working on Monday, May 4 but operating for only six hours, 8 am to 2pm.
The plan also includes subjecting all arrivals in Nigeria to undergo mandatory supervised isolation for 14 days, Mustapha said.
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said 196 new cases were recorded as at last night with Lagos leading with 87 cases following by Kano with 24.
Other states are Gombe 18, Kaduna 17, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) 16, Katsina 10, Sokoto 8 Edo 7, Borno 6, Yobe 1, Ebonyi 1, and Adamawa 1.
NCDC said 307 persons have been discharged, while 51 died.
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