The Akwa Ibom State government has lifted the ban on weddings and Residents of the state who wish to organize funeral ceremonies and Governor Emmanuel Udom who made the announcement said;
“If you are doing funeral in an open space like a field in a primary “They (people attending the burial) must all wear facemask, have hand “If you are doing the burial inside the church, people inside should not be more than 30.” Udom further disclosed that monitoring teams would be dispatched He said;
“Please we don’t want anybody to expose himself or his own family. If On managing Coronavirus, the Governor added;
“Some of the drugs, we are running out of stock. And how to replenish “I don’t want us to get to a point where we are overwhelmed. “As I am talking, I am yet to receive one naira from the federal government to support our fight against COVID-19.”
burials which was imposed in March following the outbreak of
Coronavirus.
weddings in the state, were however asked to follow strict guidelines.
school you must not have more than 50 people. We are not forcing you to
do the burial, but if you must do it, you must do it within our
guidelines. Not more than 50 people and you must adhere to all our
guidelines which was drafted by the Christian Association of Nigeria.
sanitisers, (and adhere to) everything that has been outlined by CAN.
to ensure strict compliance with the guidelines. He also urged
Pastors to help in the implementation of the guidelines to curb the
spread of Coronavirus in the state.
you must go out, wear a facemask. If you don’t feel like wearing mask,
please stay at home. A lot of people are asymptomatic to this and they
keep infecting other people without knowing. And we don’t want this to
continue.”
the stock we don’t know because a whole lot of them are not
manufactured here in Nigeria.