FG Orders Closure Of Schools Till January 18.
Sequel to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic that has hit the nation and abroad, the Presidential Task Force on the pandemic has devised new measures to curb the spread, and has therefore ordered the closure of all schools in the country until 18th of January, 2021.
The government also ordered all civil servants on Grade level 12, and below to work from home for the next five weeks, effective from this week.
Announcing this at a briefing in Abuja on Monday, Chairman of the task force and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, said officers from Grade level 12 and below are to work from home.
Mustapha also said all bars, nightclubs, pubs, event centres and other recreational venues are to be locked temporarily just as all restaurants except those providing services to hotel residents; takeaways, home deliveries and drive-ins.
To be restricted are all informal and formal festivity events including weddings, conferences, congresses, office parties, concerts, seminars, sporting activities, end of year events to not more than 50 persons.
According to the SGF, there will be limits to gatherings linked to religious events to less than 50 percent capacity of the facility of use during which physical distancing and mandatory use of face masks shall be strictly enforced.
He said public transportation systems are to carry passengers not more than 50 percent of their capacity in compliance with social distancing rules while compliance with NPI protocols especially the advisory on wearing of face masks in public spaces should be enforced.
