The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, has appealed
to banks in the country to continue to give skeletal services to Nigerians.
This comes 24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari
extended the initial two-week lockdown by 14 days.
PTF’s National Coordinator, Dr. Sani Aliyu, who made the
appeal during the daily media briefing on Tuesday in Abuja, recalled that there
was an exemption for banks to provide skeletal services.
“When we implemented the cessation of movement policy two
weeks ago, we did make an exemption for banks to be allowed to engage in
skeletal services and following that, the financial authorities released
additional guidelines to the banks.
“We are appealing to the banks to continue to provide
financial services, especially the availability of cash at the Automated Teller
Machine (ATM) and skeletal services within the banking halls.
“What is important for us is for banks to comply with our
advice in terms of reducing mass gatherings, having hand disinfectants at the
entrance point, monitoring of temperature and making sure that they observe the
physical distancing measures that we have advised,” Aliyu said.
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