Buhari signs new Proclamation Order on COVID-19

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday night, backed his nationwide broadcast with the signing of a new Proclamation Order to give effect to the new measures he just ordered in his broadcast.

The new Proclamation Order tagged ‘Proclamation Order on the Management of COVID-19 in Lagos, Ogun, Kano FCT and other States’ was announced in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.

The statement reads: “President Muhammadu Buhari Monday signed the Proclamation Order on the General Management of Covid-19 in Lagos, Ogun, Kano, the Federal Capital Territory and other States in Nigeria as contained in his national broadcast, April 27, 2020.

“This was in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Section 3 of the Quarantine Act, CAP Q2 Laws of the Federation 2004 and all powers enabling him in that behalf”.