Mrs Julie Okah-Donli, Director-General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has ordered the closure of its Head Office for a week to enable full decontamination of the building.
The Head of media and publicity, Mrs Stella Nezan, said this in a statement she signed and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Saturday.
Okah-Donil said that officers working in the non-critical department were to proceed for a week off duty from June 22 to June 27.
According to her, the directive is in compliance with the protocol of COVID-19 following a report that two officers came in contact with a woman who died of the coronavirus on June 15.
Okah-Donil said that the agency worked during the full lockdown in the country as one of the essential services provider agency.
She added that the idea of working as an essential services provider during the lockdown was inline with the Federal Government directives through the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19.
“All Officers are to go on a week leave in accordance with NCDC guidelines to enable the agency decontaminate its premises.
“In the meantime, all officers at the Agency’s Headquarters will be tested for COVID-19 before returning to work,” she said.
Okah-Donil, however assured all stakeholders and partners that the operations of the agency would continue, including real-time responses to cases of human violence.
Acccording to her, key officers will continue working online during the closure.
