The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday, met
with the members of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, led by the
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha.
Buhari said this in a tweet on Friday.
He said the meeting held at the State House with members of the task force was on national response to COVID-19.
The
SGF had earlier said the task force would meet with Buhari to review
the lockdown order in Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory, The
PUNCH reports.
The President, who had, on March 29, ordered the
lockdown for an initial period of 14 days, did not provide any
indication on whether or not the lockdown would be extended.
Those
at the meeting included Mustapha, who is also the Chairman of the PTF;
the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire; the Director-General of the
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu; and the
National Coordinator in the fight against COVID-19, Dr. Sani Aliyu.
Buhari
said, “The Presidential Task Force on Control of COVID-19 briefed me
today. I remain very grateful for the hard work that they are putting
into this national assignment. I have no doubt that with all these
efforts, Nigeria will triumph over this pandemic.”