The presidency has denied media reports that President Muhammadu
Buhari would be making a national broadcast on Monday, May 18,
2020, to give an update and possibly new policy direction on the
phased gradual easing of the coronavirus lockdown.
The clarification was given by the Special Adviser to the
President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a tweet post
through his official twitter handle on Monday afternoon.
He said that the president was not going to give any broadcast
as any new information will be gotten from the usual media
briefings of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19.
In the tweet post, Adesina said, ‘’No presidential broadcast on
COVID-19 updates today. None was planned. Rather, the Presidential
Task Force will during media briefings brings the nation up to
speed on the next steps’’.
It would be recalled that there were media reports that the PTF
on COVID-19 through its Chairman, Boss Mustapha and National
Coordinator, Dr Aliyu Sani, had said that the president was going
to talk to Nigerians on the next line of policy direction after the
first phase of the gradual easing of COVID-19 lockdown.
The presidency has denied media reports that President Muhammadu
Buhari would be making a national broadcast on Monday, May 18,
2020, to give an update and possibly new policy direction on the
phased gradual easing of the coronavirus lockdown.
The clarification was given by the Special Adviser to the
President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a tweet post
through his official twitter handle on Monday afternoon.
He said that the president was not going to give any broadcast
as any new information will be gotten from the usual media
briefings of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19.
In the tweet post, Adesina said, ‘’No presidential broadcast on
COVID-19 updates today. None was planned. Rather, the Presidential
Task Force will during media briefings brings the nation up to
speed on the next steps’’.
It would be recalled that there were media reports that the PTF
on COVID-19 through its Chairman, Boss Mustapha and National
Coordinator, Dr Aliyu Sani, had said that the president was going
to talk to Nigerians on the next line of policy direction after the
first phase of the gradual easing of COVID-19 lockdown.