The rebuttal came from Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, during a meeting with Online Publishers in Lagos.
According to Mohammed, there are no additional restrictions, and the Presidential Steering Committee on Covid-19 only echoed current rules to monitor the disease’s dissemination.
According to the minister, who is a member of the steering committee, the committee’s national incident chief, Mukhtar Mohammed, was quoted out of context during the committee’s briefing on Monday in Abuja.
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The only new requirement, he said, was that everyone, even Nigerians traveling from Brazil, Turkey, or India, go through mandatory quarantine.
“What we did was the need to remind people of the existing extant regulations on Covid-19.
“Government has not introduced anything new. You can still travel by air or road or any other means but ensure you wear your face mask.
“We have not opened night clubs, the regulations on social distancing, social and religious gatherings, use of face mask are still in place.
