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Mustapha, who made this known on Wednesday during the daily press briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, said the six-week gradual reopening of the economy would be broken into three tranches of two weeks each.
“In line with Mr President’s directive in paragraph 34 to 41 of his broadcast, the presidential task force has developed sector-specific guidelines. The gradual reopening of the economy will span a total of six weeks, broken into three tranches of two weeks each.
“The first strategy is designed to reduce the pains of socio-economic disruptions while strengthening our public health response, which would ultimately reduce the recovery of our current economy and provide succour to the poor and vulnerable.
“To underscore the collaborative efforts with subnational levels of government, they are encouraged to provide leadership in engaging relevant associations responsible for various sectors, e.g., market associations and transport unions, for orderly and effective implementation.
“Similarly, I want to emphasize the need for security agencies to strictly enforce these new measures that have been put in place.
“Following the pronouncement of the president, it has become necessary for me to provide initial clarifications for Nigerians on some of the new measures such as the overnight curfew, inter-state travel and related matters. For the avoidance of doubt, the following clarifications are provided: the overnight curfew is applicable nationwide, inter-state travels are banned, except for the movement of goods, agro-products, petroleum products, essential services, etc, such as directed by Mr President,” Boss Mustapha said.