Kogi State Government has lifted ban on religious
congregations in the state with immediate effect to allow various religious
bodies to resume their normal worship
and services.
In a statement signed by the state Commissioner for
Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, a copy of which was made available to journalists
in Lokoja Thursday, the government stated that religious bodies should return to
worship centres for service.
According to the statement, "The state
Governor, Yahaya Bello, has directed that the ban on religious congregations be
lifted with immediate effect to allow religious bodies have their normal
worship and services"
The statement also urged religious leaders to put in place the
following preventive measures by providing
sanitizers for all worshippers at the entrance of churches and mosques.
It further stated that the sitting arrangements in the
worship centres 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 for a long period of time.
"The COVID-19 Squadron Committee also urges
religious leaders to continue to pray for the end of the pandemic so that the
world can return to normal life and activities,” the statement stressed.
The state government, in line with federal government's
directives, has placed ban on religious congregations in the past two weeks as
part of measures to stop the spread of coronavirus in the state.
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