The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has begun disinfecting its head office and 37 branches as the coronavirus continues to spread across the country.
Director, Corporate Communications Department, Isaac Okorafor, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
Mr Okorafor said the move is in line with advisory from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC that all government establishment should disinfect their offices as a preventive measure against the virus.
Okorafor also disclosed that the CBN had instructed all banks and other financial institutions operating in Nigeria to take adequate measures to disinfect their offices.
The disinfection exercise at the CBN head office is being supervised by the Director, Procurement and Support Services Department (PSSD), Stanley Arinze.
It will be replicated in all the bank’s branches across the country.
The CBN had on Wednesday embarked on a partial lockdown, while also assuring stakeholders and members of the Nigerian public that the it will remain open for business during this period.
Okorafor reiterated the assurance by the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, that the apex bank, collaborating with the banking industry players, will ensure it mitigates the impact of the coronavirus on the Nigerian economy.
