COVID-19: Continue to work from home, FG tells GL 12, below

*1 Year After, FG Tells Workers On GL 12 To Work From
Home

The Federal Government has directed civil servants on Grade
Level 12 and below to continue working from home till further
notice as part of safety

Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on
COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss
Mustapha, made the disclosure on Tuesday.

Recall that the affected federal workers have been at home since
Monday, March 30, 2020 when the initial two-week lockdown was
declared on FCT Abuja, Lagos and Ogun State, by President Muhammadu
Buhari.

According to him, President Buhari has approved the
reconstitution of the PTF, adding that the PTF has submitted its
report to the President for appropriate decisions.

Mustapha spoke in Abuja during the press conference of the
Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, which transited to
PSC.

Mustapha said, “Before we take a decision as to when they will
return to work, we will have clarity as to where we are in terms of
control, vaccinations so that we do not blow the level of successes
that we have achieved.” Mustapha recalled that President Buhari
received the End-of-Year Report of the PTF on December 22, 2020,
and authorised the extension of the mandate of the PTF for three
months.

According to him, following the expiration of the extension on
March 31 2021 and a detailed review, the PTF submitted its report
to President Buhari for further actions. Mustapha added that the
President had considered the report and has approved that the PTF
would make transition to a Presidential Steering Committee on
COVID-19, effective from April 1, 2021.

He added that the PSC would maintain the present constitution,
functions and strategies of the PTF; be supported by a slim
technical and administrative structure. At the event, Minister of
State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora, said government directed
all the states administering the COVID – 19 vaccines to stop the
exercise when they may have used half of the doses allocated to
them because it was not sure when next the second batch of the
AstraZeneca vaccine would arrive the country.

Mamora said the directive to stated was for those who have
received their first jab to be able to complete their
vaccination.

*1 Year After, FG Tells Workers On GL 12 To Work From
Home

The Federal Government has directed civil servants on Grade
Level 12 and below to continue working from home till further
notice as part of safety

Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on
COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss
Mustapha, made the disclosure on Tuesday.

Recall that the affected federal workers have been at home since
Monday, March 30, 2020 when the initial two-week lockdown was
declared on FCT Abuja, Lagos and Ogun State, by President Muhammadu
Buhari.

According to him, President Buhari has approved the
reconstitution of the PTF, adding that the PTF has submitted its
report to the President for appropriate decisions.

Mustapha spoke in Abuja during the press conference of the
Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, which transited to
PSC.

Mustapha said, “Before we take a decision as to when they will
return to work, we will have clarity as to where we are in terms of
control, vaccinations so that we do not blow the level of successes
that we have achieved.” Mustapha recalled that President Buhari
received the End-of-Year Report of the PTF on December 22, 2020,
and authorised the extension of the mandate of the PTF for three
months.

According to him, following the expiration of the extension on
March 31 2021 and a detailed review, the PTF submitted its report
to President Buhari for further actions. Mustapha added that the
President had considered the report and has approved that the PTF
would make transition to a Presidential Steering Committee on
COVID-19, effective from April 1, 2021.

He added that the PSC would maintain the present constitution,
functions and strategies of the PTF; be supported by a slim
technical and administrative structure. At the event, Minister of
State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora, said government directed
all the states administering the COVID – 19 vaccines to stop the
exercise when they may have used half of the doses allocated to
them because it was not sure when next the second batch of the
AstraZeneca vaccine would arrive the country.

Mamora said the directive to stated was for those who have
received their first jab to be able to complete their
vaccination.