Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotosho, has appealed to striking doctors in the state to return to work.
Omotosho said the controversy that led to the sit-at-home industrial action had been resolved before the doctors embarked on strike.
The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Lagos branch, on Wednesday, directed its members to embark on an indefinite sit-at-home strike, over alleged harassment and intimidation of medical workers by security agents in the state.
A total of 284 new cases of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Nigeria.
With this announcement, the country’s total active cases is now 6,677 out of which 1,840 have been discharged with 200 have lost their lives.
According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), via its Twitter handle, 199 of the cases were recorded in Lagos State, 26 in Rivers State, 19 in Oyo State, eight each in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Borno State and seven in Plateau State.
Six cases were recorded in Jigawa State, five in Kano State, two in Abia State and one in Ekiti, Delta, Kwara and Taraba states.
The federal government has said that the Madagascar herbal drug for COVID-19 was sent to Nigeria at no cost.
Chairman of the Presidential Task Force, BOSS MUSTAPHA, gave this clarification yesterday at the daily briefing by the Task Force in Abuja.
He also said the reopening of the economy would largely depend on the level of compliance with the guidelines issued for the control of the spread of the pandemic.
The PTF chairman said Nigerians, especially the business sector, must use the period of the extended eased lockdown to prepare ahead of the reopening by adopting a change in attitude in order to contain the spread.
The Inspector-General of Police has rescinded an order restricting the movement of essential workers amid the COVID-19 lockdown.
Many essential workers last night were restricted from moving within Lagos at the beginning of the 8 pm curfew imposed to limit the spread of the virus.
According to security officials enforcing the order, health workers and journalists could not be allowed to move around after 8 pm.
However, in a statement late Tuesday, IGP MOHAMMED ADAMU said essential workers can now go about their essential duties.
Force Spokesman, FRANK MBA in the statement said the IGP had directed all Zonal Assistant Inspectors General of Police and Commands Commissioners of Police to give effect to these exemptions whilst enforcing the restriction orders.
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