Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered all public workers from grade one to grade 12 to start working from home from Monday, March 23, 2020.

The Chief Press Secretary to Lagos State Governor, Gboyega Akosile revealed this in a recent statement.

According to Gboyega, the decision will be reviewed after 2 weeks.

It read, “Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu instructs all public workers from grade 1 to grade 12 which constitutes 70 percent of public workers are to stop going to work from 23rd March, 2020 for the next 2 weeks after which this decision will be reviewed.”

There are 19 coronavirus cases in Lagos; four in Abuja; two in Ogun and one each in Oyo and Ekiti state.

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Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu (born June 25, 1965) is a Nigerian Politician and the current Governor of Lagos State. He was announced the governor under the platform of the All Progressives Congress after contesting and unexpectedly winning the gubernatorial primaries under the All Progressives Congress against incumbent governor, Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State in October 2018. He is a graduate of the University of Lagos, as well as the London Business School, Lagos Business School and the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Before his gubernatorial ambition, He was the Managing Director/CEO of Lagos State Property Development Corporation (LSPDC).

Sanwo-Olu has a B.Sc in Surveying and an MBA from the University of Lagos. He is an alumnus of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, the London Business School and the Lagos Business School.

Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu was the treasurer at former Lead Merchant Bank from 1994 to 1997 after which he moved to the United Bank for Africa as the head of foreign money market. He then proceeded to First Inland Bank, Plc (now First City Monument Bank) as a deputy general manager and divisional head. He was the chairman of Baywatch Group Limited and First Class Group Limited. He is a board member of the Department for International Development (DFID/DEEPEN) Fund and Audit Committee of Caverton Offshore Services Group, PLC.