FG lifts ban on interstate travel, approves reopening of schools, airports

Federal government of Nigeria has lifted the ban placed on interstate travels, saying that citizens can travel from July 1, provided such journeys are made outside curfew hours.

Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, on Monday disclosed this at the daily briefing of the task force in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

According to Mustapha, who is also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), the government has approved the safe resumption of domestic flights in the country.

He added that the Federal Government also approved the safe reopening of schools nationwide, as part of plans for the second phase of the eased lockdown.