Abuja and Ogun authorities have ordered federal workers residing outside their cities to remain in their states of residence pending the lifting of ba
Abuja and Ogun authorities have ordered federal workers residing outside their cities to remain in their states of residence pending the lifting of ban on interstate travel.
The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, said that Abuja would enforce rigorously the guidelines regulating the easing of the lockdown in the FCT as part of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the territory. He said that security agencies have been mandated to arrest and prosecute, through mobile courts, anyone found contravening the guidelines.
Bello also said the FCTA would enforce the overnight curfew from 8p.m. to 6a.m. in order to prevent possible patients of COVID-19 from coming into the territory. The minister said effective Monday, May 4, 2020, all civil servants in the FCT on Grade level 14 and above were to report for work three times in a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between the hours of 8a.m. and 2p.m.
He, however, said that all officers on essential duties were to carry on with their assigned responsibilities. He enjoined all workers to maintain safe distancing protocols of at least two meters and wear face masks at all times. Temperature checks and hand sanitising protocols would be strictly adhered to at all entry points and access to offices tightly controlled. He explained that markets were to operate for two days in a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays between 8a.m. and 3p.m.
Also, the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun said residents of the state who work in Lagos State will not permitted to move out or into the state as the lockdown eases on Monday, 4.
The governor said the lockdown in the state which ends on Sunday, May 10, as a result of the initial grace the state was granted, stressing that the use of face masks would become mandatory for everyone in public places effective May 4.
“There is a total ban on interstate travel (outside Ogun). If you work in Lagos or any other state but you live in Ogun State, you are not allowed to go to Lagos or any other state and return to Ogun.” Governor Dapo said.
