COVID-19: FG extends phase two of eased lockdown by one week

The Federal Government has extended the phase two of the ease of lockdown in the country by another one week.

Mr Boss Mustapha, the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, announced this on Monday.

He made the announcement at the briefing of the PTF which held in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

WITHIN NIGERIA had earlier reported that the 2020 West African Examination Council (WAEC) will commence on August 17, as declared by the Federal Government.

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To this end, it asked secondary schools to reopen on August 4, 2020 for students in exit classes to sit for the exams.

The government said students will have two weeks to prepare for WAEC.

These were parts of decisions taken at the end of a virtual consultative meeting between the Federal Ministry of Education, Commissioners of Education of the 36 states, the Nigerian Union of Teachers, (NUT), the proprietors of private schools and Chief Executives of examination bodies.