Breaking: FG Asks States, FCT to Close Bars, Night Clubs, Event Centres for Five Weeks
The federal government has issued an advisory to all the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to close all bars, night clubs, pubs and event centres, and recreational venues for the next five weeks as a precaution to stem the escalating cases of COVID-19 across the country. The Chairman Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, issued the advisory on Monday at the PTF briefing in Abuja. Mustapha also said that President Muhammadu Buhari had accordingly authorised the PTF to engage with the states and the FCT to assume full ownership of this stage of the response by deploying legal structures and resources, including enforcement to manage the pandemic within their jurisdictions. He said that bars, night clubs, pubs and event centres, and recreational venues were listed to be closed for the period because these activities were considered super spreader events for coronavirus. All the states and the FCT are to restrict all informal and for...