COVID-19: Closure of ECOWAS offices in Abuja and Lagos extended till 4 May 2020

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) -  ECOWAS Commission president Jean-Claude Kassi Brou has directed that the closure of the ECOWAS offices in Abuja and Lagos be extended until 4 May 2020, according to a statement received by PANA in Ouagadougou on Tuesday
 
His decision follows the extension of the lockdown imposed by the government of Nigeria, as part of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the country.
 
Consequently, all employees of the ECOWAS institutions in Abuja and Lagos will  continue to stay and work from home until further notice while following the directives and advice on the COVID-19 pandemic issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Nigerian authorities.
 
Commending the federal government of Nigeria for taking the decision that helped contain the exponential spread of the disease, President Brou recalled the Special Summit of April 23, 2020 on the fight against COVID-19 by the ECOWAS heads of state and government expressing concern regarding the spread of COVID-19 in the region, as well as its negative social, economic, financial and human impact on all ECOWAS member states.
 
As of April 26, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the region was 7,905 with 201 deaths, 2,401 recoveries and 5,294 active cases in all 15 Member States while the number of confirmed cases in Abuja (Federal Capital Territory) and Lagos were 141 and 731 respectively.
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