The Kogi State Government on Thursday 9 April 2020, lifted the ban imposed on religious gatherings in the state on March 20th, 2020.
Afriupdate understands that the ban was imposed as part of efforts by the Kogi state Government to curtail the spread of the deadly Coronavirus pandemic ravaging the world.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Fanwo and released on Thursday April 9.
Fanwo said lifting of the ban was to enable religious bodies to resume their normal worship and services.
Fanwo said the governor of the state, Yahaya Bello, urged all religious leaders to put in place preventive and precautionary measures in their various worship centres in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the state.
The state government also directed all worship centers to provide hand sanitisers for their worshippers.
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”Sitting arrangements in mosques and churches should be done to ensure social distancing. We also urge churches and mosques to make their services as brief as possible in order not to keep a large crowd of worshipers within an enclosed confinement,” the statement read.
Meanwhile, the state has not recorded any case of the novel coronavirus infection so far.
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