Yesterday the national government uncovered strategies to restart the economy that has been frozen for over about a month. This is due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It likewise plots operational rules in the advancement of President Muhammadu Buhari’s broadcast on Monday. Which is to loosen up the lockdown enforced on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lagos and Ogun States from the coming Monday.
The revival of the economy will be done in stages, taking about a month and a half. The whole process will be divided into 2 weeks each. However, the virus affected 196 more people yesterday bringing the number of affirmed cases in the nation to 1,728.
The national government restricts working hours to slowly revive the economy
As per the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Lagos recorded 87 new cases, Kano 24, Gombe 18, Kaduna 17, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) 16, Katsina 10, Sokoto eight, Edo seven, Borno six. While Yobe, Ebonyi, and Adamawa recorded one each. It said so far 307 people had been released, while 51 have passed on.
As a major aspect of its easement procedure, the government has restricted the complete operational hours for every single business bank. From Monday just six hours each day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
All arrivals in Nigeria will presently experience compulsory mandatory isolation for 14 days. The federal government likewise reported its choice to buy 107,000 cartridges to be utilized in the deployment of the GeneXpert machine. It was previously designed for the testing of individuals.
Additionally, the Lagos State Government declared the release of 49 additional patients. similarly, as it has anticipated that the number of cases in the state will keep on ascending until June when it is expected to reduce.
set up backup isolation wards
However, the state has put four hotels on backup for conversion to isolation centers to retain the expected surge.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, said the phased reviving of the economy was intended to diminish the agonies of financial interruptions.
The National Coordinator of the PTF, Dr. Sani Aliyu, said the government had restricted the complete operational hours to just six hours per day.
Measures to be taken into consideration
Aliyu said all banks would be permitted to work just from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The measure will be coupled with other preventive measures, for example, not having over 20 people in the banking lobbies, provide hand sanitizers and measuring clients’ temperature. He clarified that there would be a prohibition on interstate developments aside from basic administrations.
Also, drug stores will stay open overnight. Aliyu said governers would give waivers to empower the development of development laborers. Under the rules, restaurants won’t open to the general population. They will, therefore, be permitted to take part in in-home delivery services.
Schools are to stay shut indefinitely. They are urged to proceed with e-learning while every single social movement, for example, shows, films, and theaters are suspended inconclusively. All administration workplaces and staff will be permitted to open yet carefully dependent on a particular evaluation level to diminish congestion in workplaces.
Neighborhood markets will keep on operating with similar limitations and standards applied before. Aliyu expressed that there will be further conversations with state governments to have a typical way to deal with the execution of the rules.
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