Breaking— President Buhari extend locked by another one week

Presidential Muhammadu Buhari has extended the second phase of lockdown by one week.

Boss Mustapha,Secretary to the Government of the Federation disclosed this during the daily briefing of the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 in Abuja on Monday.

He said:

"We informed you two weeks ago that the process of submitting the 6th Interim Report and recommendations for next steps had commenced. The PTF has reached advanced stages of the process.

“It has also considered that due to the upcoming Sallah (Eid El-Kabir) festivities, which coincides with the expiration of the current phase, it would be prudent to extend by one week, from 29th July 2020 till Thursday 6th August 2020.

"It has accordingly secured permission to retain the existing guidelines to that date".