Federal government to ban interstate, intertown travels

The Federal Government has announced plans to stop interstate and intertown travels as another strategy towards stopping the spread of the COVID-19 global pandemic.

The announcement, which was made Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, according to a tweet by Personal Assistant on New Media to President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad.

The tweet read: “BREAKING: The Federal Government announces plans to ban inter-state travel and possibly close down all motor parks as part of measures to curtail the spread of the #Coronavirus, Information Minister, Lai Mohammed discloses the plans this afternoon. #COVID19Nigeria”