Federal Government Apologizes To Nigerians For Abba Kyari’s Burial, See details

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The Federal Government has sent apologies to Nigeria over their violation of the order they disobeyed during Abba Kyari’s burial.

Nigerians have been on social media accusing the Federal Government of not maintaining the social distancing they preach during the burial. This happened after videos and images of fully crowded people gathered at the funeral.

The chairman of the presidential task force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, has asked Nigerians to forgive them for failing to keep to the order.

Boss Mustapha said this during the daily media press briefing of the taskforce in Abuja on Monday evening, April 20

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