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Thursday, April
02, 2020 / 07:30 AM / by PTF-COVID-19, OSGF / Header
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Section I: Guidance for
Lockdown Enforcement
As part of the measures in place to enforce social
distancing and limit the spread of the SARS-CoV-2, the Federal Government of
Nigeria has decided that schools, organizations and businesses in FCT, Lagos
and Ogun States will close effective from 30 March 2020 at 23:00h for an initial
period of 2 weeks.
Section II: Protocols For Lockdown
Road Movements
1. With regards to the carriage of
passengers:
a.
Ensure adequate spacing in between
passengers
b. Clean and disinfect frequently
touched parts e.g. door and window handles/buttons, steering wheels and
dashboards.
c.
Encourage passengers to frequently
perform hand hygiene.
Super Markets And Food Stores
1.
All owners and managers of
supermarkets and food stores must strictly adhere to the following:
a. On arrival, all staff must be
screened for high temperature. Those found to have a body temperature above
38.0â°C should be denied entry and advised to immediately seek medical
attention.
b. Ensure staff and customers wash
their hands before entry to the store. Make provision for regular hand hygiene
for staff during working hours.
c.
Ensure all deliveries of supplies
and products are made between 5:00 am and 9:00 am. Porters should wash their
hands before offloading products and goods.
d.
Store opening hours should be
between 10am to 4pm daily for customers
e.
At any point in time, the total
number of customers inside each store must not on average exceed a third of the
store's maximum capacity. Where necessary, store owners should assign security
personnel to ensure strict compliance with these measures.
f.
Ensure that from 4pm all shelves,
aisles and stores are cleaned and disinfected
g.
Ensure that by 6pm, all stores are
closed, and staff conveyed back to their respective homes.
Pharmacies
Markets
In order for markets to operate, State and local government authorities
as well as leaders of market associations must take full responsibility for
strict compliance with the following protocols:
1. Only shops and stalls selling food
and groceries shall be allowed to open to customers between 10:00am to 2:00pm
every 48 hours or less frequently.
2.
All market associations must make
provision for hand washing for all sellers and buyers. At entry and exit points
of the market, both sellers and buyers must wash or sanitize their hands.
3.
Each stall/shop in the market
should ensure that their customers queue and are attended to serially while
complying with social distancing measures and avoiding overcrowding.
4.
All shop owners and staff must
arrive and set up at least 30 minutes before the market is open to customers.
Each store owner is responsible for cleaning and disinfecting their shops.
5. All markets should strictly comply
with social distancing policies. A safe gap should be ensured between
shop/stall owners and customers.
Banks
List Of Exempted Government Agencies
Due to the essential nature of their functions, the following MDAs are
exempted from the lockdown order (this list is not exhaustive):
1. The Presidency
a. Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation
b. Federal Road Safety Corps
c. Bureau of Public Procurement
d. National Agency for the Control of AIDS
e. Offices of all permanent secretaries, CEOs/accounting officers of all
MDAs in the public service
2. Department of State Services
3. Central Bank of Nigeria
4. Federal Ministry of Agriculture
a. National Grain Reserves
5. Federal Ministry of Aviation
a. Accident Aviation Bureau
b. Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria
c. Nigerian Airspace Management Agency
d. Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority
e. Nigerian Meteorological Agency
a. Galaxy Backbone
b. Nigeria Communications Commission
c. Nigeria Information Technology Development Agency
7. Federal Ministry of Environment
8. Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National
Planning
a. Nigeria Customs Service
b. Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority
c. Debt Management Office
9. Federal Ministry of Health
a. All teaching hospitals and federal medical centres
b. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
c. National Primary Healthcare Agency
d. National Health Insurance Scheme
e. Nigerian Institute of Medical Research
10.Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster
Management and Social Development
a. National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in
Persons
b. National Emergency Management Agency
c. National Cash Transfer Office
d. National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and
Internally Displaced Persons
e. National School Feeding Programme
11. Federal Ministry of Information and Culture
a. Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria
b. National Orientation Agency
c. News Agency of Nigeria
d. Nigeria Broadcasting Commission
e. Nigeria Television Authority
f. Voice of Nigeria
12. Federal Ministry of Interior
a. Federal Fire Service
b. Nigeria Immigration Services
c. Nigerian Correctional Services
d. Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps
13. Federal Ministry of Justice
14. Federal Ministry of Petroluem
a. Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation and allied
petroleum sector agencies
b. Upstream oil and gas companies (operating, services
and logistics)
15. Federal Ministry of Transport
a. Nigerian Ports Authority
16. Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment
17. Federal Ministry of Water Resources
18. The Armed Forces
19. The Nigeria Police Force
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