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Niger Relaxes Lockdown, Opens Markets, Banks

After almost three months of lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the Niger State Government on Tuesday relaxed the lockdown imposed on the state.

Governor Abubakar Sani Bello, who announced the measures in Minna after a meeting with officials of the state Covid-19 Task Force, said traders and proprietors of other business outfits must however ensure strict compliance with the regulations put in place by health authorities for the containment of the Covid-19 pandemic including social distancing and wearing of masks.

He also retained the ban on inter state travels except for vehicles conveying food items and other goods, adding that the ban on intra state movements has been lifted, while the use of okada for commercial transportation is outlawed.

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