President Muhammadu Buhari has granted permission to banks to maintain skeletal services during the period of lockdown imposed on some states and the Federal Capital by the Federal Government.
Buhari, had during his nationwide broadcast on Sunday night, ordered a lockdown on Lagos and Abuja for having the highest number of coronavirus patients in the country.
The order also affected Ogun State due to its proximity to Lagos.
The lockdown is effective from 11p.m on Monday night.
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However, on Monday, Buhari exempted financial services providers from the restrictions.
A statement signed by the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed and Central Bank governor, Godwin Emefiele, made this known.
The statement said: “To ensure that Nigerians can still perform online transactions and use ATMs whilst observing these restrictions, we will like to inform the general public and all affected stakeholders that we have obtained exemptions from the President to allow very skeletal operations in the Financial System and Money Markets in order to keep the system in light operations during this time”.
It therefore asked relevant staff of affected outfits and agencies to look out for further instructions from their immediate bosses.
