The Federal government on Monday revealed the suspension of all unneeded travels for conferences by government officials till more notice.
The Secretary to the Federal Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, stated this in Abuja at the 50 th joint nationwide instruction of the taskforce.
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He also stated that government or board conferences ought to be conducted essentially till further notice.
Mustapha likewise said that Nigerians must remain watchful as the pandemic would not go away by a dream, neither would it go away if people decline to protect.
” Please let us all deal with to play our part, while the Government does its finest to save lives and livelihood. To this end, all federal government offices shall continue to hold virtual conferences in their offices specifically where individuals go beyond 4 persons and suspend all unnecessary travels for conferences.
” For corporate organisations, board members, among others, the resuming of the domestic flights should not be misconstrued.
” The PTF strongly motivates virtual meetings too; we still advise locations of praise to cautiously follow the standards on public gatherings, and we advise members of the political class to work out utmost circumspection in their event for whatever reasons,” he stated.
According to him, the decision became part of the outcome of the PTF mid-term Evaluation of the National Reaction Strategy.
He stated that the Mid-term review had in participation legislators including the Chairmen of the appropriate Committees on Health in the Senate and Legislature, the Office of the Vice President, Ministers, Diplomatic Community in addition to advancement partners.
On the case management deficit, Mustapha stated that the focus was on having enough oxygen across the country as the number of hospitalized persons boosts.
On the testing deficit, he stated that the strategy was to establish one sample collection centre per local government areas.
” Underlying the above, as a cross-cutting effort is a boosted Danger Communication Technique developed not only to inform the citizenry on the virulence of the virus and specific and collective functions but more significantly to take on the intentional false information being bandied around especially in the social networks.
” A boosted Danger Communication strategy becomes inevitable when we realise that within the last 24 hours, the world saw the biggest single-day cases of 230,370 while in Nigeria the recently recorded the greatest weekly fatality of 70 deaths,” Mustapha stated.
On the debate surrounding schools resumption, the SGF said, “The PTF has actually followed with keen interest the conversation around the resumption of schools. We recognize that our children are precious and we would refrain from doing anything to jeopardize their security.
” The PTF has evaluated the circumstances and has put in location necessary standards to be followed while the supervisors of the sector have the obligation for preparing the procedures and determining the dates.
” We advise Nigerians to follow closely the vital actions being taken by the Federal Ministry of Education in combination with other stakeholders,” he stated.
He included that the Federal Ministry of Education has actually launched standards for schools and learning centers resuming after COVID-19 Pandemic closure.
He stated that the guidelines plainly define major things to consider before schools and learning centers will reopen, the resuming process, sequencing and scheduling of safe resuming and decisions about schools reopening.
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