YAWANOW, PRESIDENT BUHARI WILL NOT ADDRESS THE NATION AND HOLDS VIRTUAL MEETING

Yawa don gas, as Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will not address the nation today.

As earlier reported Here, the scheduled announcement was made by the presidency which will address the second phase of the lockdown. 

Unfortunately, The presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina in a tweet on Monday afternoon said there is “no presidential broadcast on COVID-19 updates today.”

He further said that:

 

“None was planned. Rather, the Presidential Task Force will during its usual media briefings bring the nation up to speed on the next steps.”

The clarifications came after Sani Aliyu, the national coordinator of the presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19, said the president will make his decision on Monday following the end of the first phase of the gradual easing of the COVID-19 lockdown.

 The president was given a situation report on COVID-19 by Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF) and chairman of the PTF, on Sunday.

 However, The task force coordinator noted that the President is the only one who can decide on whether or not the country should go ahead with the second phase of lockdown ease.

In more recent development from sources gathered, shows that President Muhammadu Buhari and state governors on Monday held the first virtual meeting since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country.

President Buhari participated in the meeting video conference at the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja.

The Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, led members of the forum in the online meeting.The Minister of Finance, Budget, National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed; Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Mr Godwin Emefiele; and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, were also at meeting with Buhari inside the Council Chambers