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Covid-19: Task force unveils banking operations from May 4
In the phased lifting of lockdown which President Muhammadu Buhari announced on Monday, banks in Lagos, Ogun, and Abuja will begin operation on May 4.
The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, disclosed in an ongoing update in Abuja.
Banks will open between 8am and 2pm in the three places.
“ We have been in touch with the CBN governor,” he said.
“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.”
Already, there is a nationwide curfew from 8pm to 6 am daily.
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