COVID-19: CBN Issues Stay-At-Home Order To Staff

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele has given a new directive to junior staff of the bank due to the spread of the novel COVID-19 pandemic.
In a statement obtained by The Tide the apex bank disclosed that although it’s not shutting its doors to business, only selective staff members would report to work daily.
The statement read: “As a responsible public institution and regulator, we have triggered our business continuity plans to ensure that the bank’s operations remain largely undisrupted at this present time when social distancing has become key to checking further spread of the virus. We have also directed Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) and other financial institutions to do same.
“The welfare and safety of our staff and their families, and indeed all Nigerians, remain top priority to us. Consequently, with effect from Wednesday, March 25, 2020, till further notice, only essential staff of the CBN Head Office and the 37 branches of the bank will be expected to report for duty daily. In other words, our staff in non-critical roles have been directed to stay at home and work remotely, when their services are required.”
Meanwhile, the Federal Government has injected additional N6.5billion as an emergency intervention to the National Centre for Disease Control(NCDC).
This is according to a statement by Mr Bashir Ahmad, the Personal Assistant on New Media to President Muhammadu Buhari who made this known via his statement.
According to Mr Ahmad, the move which was confirmed by Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed, was aimed at aiding in the fight to curb the spread of the COVID19 in the country.