President Muhammadu Buhari has called for increased collaboration between state governors and the presidential task force on COVID-19.
The president made this known during a virtual meeting with some members of the Nigeria Governors Forum on Monday.
In a statement, Femi Adesina, Buhari’s special adviser on media and publicity, said the task force had briefed him on the next steps in the national response on the pandemic.
He said the president in turn directed the task force to work closely with the governors in educating the people and taking necessary steps to stay safe. Present at the executive chambers where the president addressed the virtual meeting were; minister of finance budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed; governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele; chief of staff to the president, Ibrahim Gambari, among others.
