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General News of Thursday, 23 April 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

PTF dissociates self from statement on nationwide lockdown

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The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has described as fake a statement which says that the Federal Government is planning on announcing a nationwide lockdown.

According to the statement, the decision by the government came as a result of the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Nigeria.

Reacting to the statement, the Coordinator of the PTF, Dr Sani Aliyu, advised the public against the information contained in it.

He said, “My attention has been drawn to a fake task force media statement, which was said to be signed by me, talking about a proposed complete lockdown of the country.

“Not only did the statement patently fail, it was badly written. It is unfortunate that a small number of persons continue to engage in mischief-making at such a serious time when we are talking about Coronavirus infection.

“I must reiterate that the task force has not released any official statement on a complete lockdown. I refer to the SGF’s speech yesterday, on submitting formal findings to Mr President, this is yet to happen.

“I request that the public and the media take caution in circulating or publishing unverified news.

“To be very clear, all formal statements on the emergency response are made through this daily press briefing or through official press statements.”