{"id":45463,"date":"2020-12-17T17:42:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T16:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=45463"},"modified":"2020-12-17T17:42:10","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T16:42:10","slug":"covid-19-second-wave-niger-govt-directs-all-civil-servants-to-stay-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/covid-19-second-wave-niger-govt-directs-all-civil-servants-to-stay-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Second Wave: Niger Govt Directs All Civil Servants To Stay At Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Olabode Adaramola<\/p>\n<p>Niger State government has directed all civil servants to stay at home from next Monday, 21stDecember,\u00a0 2020.<\/p>\n<p>This is to avert the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, following the increased number of cases in recent times.<\/p>\n<p>The directive by the Governor,\u00a0 \u00a0was contained in a Press statement\u00a0 signed by the Head of Service( HoS) Hajiya\u00a0 Salamatu Abubakar and widely circulated among the State civil servants\u00a0 on Thursday in Minna .<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the workers were to stay at home till further notice.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>The directive\u00a0 however excludes workers on essential services, adding that the State has recorded 302 cases of COVID-19, with 12 deaths.<\/p>\n<p>About 17 local government areas of the State were said to\u00a0 have so far recorded cases of the virus.<\/p>\n<p>It could be recalled that on November 9, 2020, the State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani\u00a0 Bello had confirmed he had tested positive for COVID-19. 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