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COVID-19: Kwara State Announces Total Lockdown

File: The governor of Kwara State Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq.

 

The Kwara State Government has announced a total lock down of the entire sixteen local government areas until further notice.

The Chairman, Technical Committee on COVID-19 and the Deputy Governor of the State, Kayode Alabi, announced this while addressing journalists in Ilorin.

He said the order would take effect from six o clock in the evening (Thursday).

READ ALSO: Hold Buhari, APC Responsible For Any COVID-19 Upsurge – PDP

The markets will, however, be allowed to open on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesday between ten in the morning and two in the afternoon.

Emmanuel Egobiambu

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