COVID-19: Task Force close down few market in Abuja, Ignoring Protocols
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| Among the locations visited and closed down through the enforcement group on Tuesday comprised the UTC Area 10 Market |
The COVID-19 Enforcement Team within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has close down a few markets within the country’s capital.
Among the locations visited and closed down through the enforcement group on Tuesday comprised the UTC Area 10 Market and the Wuse Market in Abuja.
The representative for the Task Force, Mr Attah Ikharo, said that the markets have been close for violating the measures installed area via way of means of the government to scale back the unfold of COVID-19 within the country.
He defined that the crew might later meet with the union leaders on the markets, including that the exercise changed into achieved in keeping with the directive of the President at the enforcement of the Coronavirus Disease Health Protection Regulations 2021.
The rules have been made via way of means of President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday most recent at Abuja in Presidential Villa.
The 9 page document, which became posted through the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), included six parts.
They consist of regulations on gatherings, operations of public locations, obligatory compliance with remedy protocols, offences and penalties, enforcement and application, in addition to interpretation and citation.
In the document, President Buhari defined that the guidelines had been made within the exercise of the powers conferred upon him through Section four of the Quarantine Act, Cap. Q2 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2010 and all different powers allowing him in that behalf.
He additionally referred to that he had taken into consideration the pressing want to guard the fitness and health of Nigerians within the face of the big and growing numbers of COVID-19 instances within the country.