The Federal Government says banks will open for business tasks in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun States starting Monday, May 4.
The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, revealed in a continuous update in Abuja.
Aliyu said banks would be permitted to open somewhere in the range of 8am and 2pm in the three spots.
He stated, “In terms of the banks, this continues to be a recurring issue for all of us. We have been in touch with the CBN governor.
“Moving on from Monday, banks will open and they will operate normal services from 8am to 2pm. That is six hours but there will be the usual restrictions would expect, for instance, self-distancing and the use of temperature monitors, hand hygiene, and making sure the capacities of banking halls are restricted so that people do not come together.”
President Muhammadu Buhari during his address to the country on Monday night, declared the “gradual easing ” of the over five-week lockdown in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun as a feature of measures to check the spread of the pandemic, read more news here.
He, in any case, forced a 6am to 8am time limitation in the three states till further notification
