Nigeria’s economy too fragile for fresh lockdown —Buhari

The President, Muhammadu Buhari, says Nigeria’ s economy is too fragile for fresh COVID – 19 lockdown.

The President , therefore , urged Nigerians to obey all protocols recommended by health authorities to curtail the spread of the lethal Coronavirus.

Buhari , who stated this on Thursday via his verified Twitter handle , said compliance with COVID – 19 protocols by all Nigerians is crucial to avert a second wave of the pandemic in the country .
“ Looking at the trends in other countries , we must do all we can to avert a second wave of COVID – 19 in Nigeria .

“ We must make sure that our cases , which have gone down, do not rise again. Our economy is too fragile to bear another round of lockdown , ” @MBuhari tweeted.

Buhari had in March imposed a total lockdown on parts of the country including Lagos , Abuja and Ogun . The lockdown lasted for over five weeks and had a tremendous effect on the country ’ s economical activities with the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry putting the loss at about N 3bn in the period under review.

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