The Honourable Minister of the FCT, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has explained why places of worship cannot re-open in Abuja. Bello in a meeting attended by religious leaders said the FCT is guided by advice from medical experts and guidelines from the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 which had directed that all measures approved two
The Honourable Minister of the FCT, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has explained why places of worship cannot re-open in Abuja.
The Minister said that based on the guidance of medical experts and consultations with the highest authority, the Presidential Task Force decided that all the measures to check COVID-19 spread, approved two weeks ago be extended for another two weeks to enable organisations, individuals plan for gradual opening.
He further explained that all actions on the re-opening of the society are hinged on the advice of medical experts who at the moment do not support it. “He said that such modalities were not new considering that certain protocols were put in place at the height of insecurity in the country when religious places were the targets for terrorists.
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