The Federal Government is expected to announce the next phase of eased lockdown in the country on Tuesday ( tomorrow ).

Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID – 19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation , Boss Mustapha , made this known .

He disclosed this after the task force met with the President , Major General Muhammadu Buhari ( retd . ) , at the Presidential Villa .

Bashir Ahmad , Personal Assistant on New Media to Buhari , tweeted , “Today is the last day of Nigeria’ s phase II of the eased lockdown , members of the Presidential Task Force on COVID- 19 briefed and submitted their recommendations to the President for approval, the next lines of action will be announced tomorrow , SGF Boss Mustapha discloses. ”

Others in the delegation were the Minister of Health , Osagie Ehanire ; the Coordinator of the PTF on COVID- 19 , Dr . Sani Aliyu ; and the Director – General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control , Dr . Chikwe Ihekweazu .

The meeting, it was learnt , was meant to brief Buhari on the ongoing efforts to curtail the spread of COVID- 19 and the next steps to be taken .