The Kogi state government has lifted the ban on religious gatherings
he imposed on the state on March 20th. The ban was imposed as part of
efforts to prevent the importation of the ravaging Coronavirus in the
state. The state has not recorded any case of the viral disease.
A statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and
Communication, Kingsley Fanwo and released today April 9, 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
” 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