by 
The Governor of Kogi State, Governor Yahaya Bello, in a statement issued in Lokoja on Thursday, has lifted the social distancing order imposed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on religious congregations in mosques and churches across the state.
He said that the lifting of the ban was to enable religious organisations to resume their normal worship and services.
The statement by the governor was signed by the state Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr Kingsley Fanwo,
The state government in his statement advised all religious leaders to ensure that preventive and precautionary measures are put in place in their different worship centres in order to contain the outbreak and spread of coronavirus in the state.
The governor, however, also emphatically stated that hand sanitisers must be provided for worshippers at the entrances of all churches and mosques. Social distancing should be observed in the sitting arrangements in mosques and churches.
Furthermore, the governor urged churches and mosques to ensure their services are as brief as possible in order not to keep a large crowd of worshipers within enclosed confinement.
Finally, governor Bello then charged all religious leaders to continually pray for the pandemic to come to an end so that the world could return to its normal activities.
Source: TheGuardian
Fad360tv
