The Federal Government, on Monday, May 18th, 2020, said President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the COVID-19 lockdown in Kano State by two weeks.

The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, made this known during the daily press briefing of the task force in Abuja.

The President had on April 27th, 2020, announced a “phased and gradual easing” of the lockdown in the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos and Ogun states, while declaring a nationwide curfew with effect from May 4th.

He also ordered a ban on all inter-state travels and a total lockdown in Kano State.

The SGF said,

Mr President has approved the following:

The measures, exemptions, advisories, and scope of entities allowed to reopen under phase one of the eased locked down, shall be maintained across the federation for another two weeks effective from 12 00 midnight today (18th May, 2020 to 1st June, 2020);

intensifying efforts to ‘tell (communicate), trace (identify) and treat (manage)’ cases;

elevating the level of community ownership of non-pharmaceutical interventions;

Maintain the existing lockdown order in Kano for an additional two weeks;

Imposition of precision lockdown in states, or in metropolitan/high-burden LGAs, that are reporting a rapidly increasing number of cases, when the need arises. This would be complemented with the provision of palliatives and continued re-evaluation of the impact of the interventions; and

Aggressive scale-up of efforts to ensure that communities are informed, engaged, and participating in the response with enhanced public awareness in high-risk states.


Justin Nwosu
Justin Nwosu is the founder and publisher of Flavision. His core interest is in writing unbiased news about Nigeria in particular and Africa in general. He’s a strong adherent of investigative journalism, with a bent on exposing corruption, abuse of power and societal ills.

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