COVID-19: Ogun suspends plan to reopen churches, mosques

The Ogun State Government has rescinded its decision to reopen places of worship for religious activities.

The state had earlier fixed June 19 for the reopening of the worship centres in the state and had set up a tripartite committee to work out the guidelines for the reopening.

According to Governor Dapo Abiodun, on Friday, the planned reopening of the religious centres in the state was suspended following the increase in the“Consequently, we are confronted with two choices – yield to the demand of those who want the restrictions to be further relaxed or even completely removed, even if this is at variance with the dictates of incontrovertible data analysis and scientific opinion; or tow the path that preserves public health and safety, even if not so popular.

A breakdown of the 18,480 confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 7, 896 cases, followed by FCT – 1,451, Kano – 1,170, Oyo – 764, Edo – 729, Rivers – 721, Ogun – 586, Kaduna – 490, Borno – 457 Gombe – 447, Bauchi – 438, Katsina – 426, Delta – 400, Jigawa – 317, Ebonyi – 234, Imo – 205, Plateau – 186, Nasarawa – 178, Kwara – 177, Abia – 173, Sokoto – 135, Bayelsa – 111, Ondo – 105, Enugu – 95, Zamfara – 76, Kebbi – 67, Anambra – 66, Niger – 66, Yobe – 56, Osun – 51, Akwa Ibom...

Only Cross River State is yet to record a single infection since the pandemic broke out in Nigeria in February.

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