COVID-19: FG reviews nationwide curfew to 12am – 4am

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has announced that the new curfew will now be from 12 midnight to 4am.

This was disclosed by Presidential media aide, Bashir Ahmad in a social media post on Thursday.

“The Federal Government has reviewed the nationwide COVID–19 curfew, it will now start from 12 midnight to 4am, the National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, disclosed this today, during their briefing in Abuja,” Bashir said.

JUST IN: The Federal Government has reviewed the nationwide COVID–19 curfew, it will now start from 12 midnight to 4am, the National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, disclosed this today, during their briefing in Abuja.

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— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) September 3, 2020

Ahmad also said that Dr. Aliyu reiterated during the PTF briefing on Thursday that the reopening of schools in the country must be staged.

Reopening of schools in the country must be staged, the National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr. Sani Aliyu, discloses this during the PTF briefing today, in Abuja.

— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) September 3, 2020

In April, President Muhammadu Buhari declared an overnight curfew from 8pm to 6am across the country, as part of new measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19. Much later in June, the nationwide curfew was reduced to the hours between 10pm and 4am.