Ogun suspends planned lifting of ban on worship centres

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State yesterday suspended the planned opening of all religious centres in Ogun State, citing low compliance with the guidelines and precautionary measures against the disease by residents and citizens as well as the “doubling of the infection rate in state.” Abiodun had told reporters last week that the ban on […]

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State yesterday suspended the planned opening of all religious centres in Ogun State, citing low compliance with the guidelines and precautionary measures against the disease by residents and citizens as well as the “doubling of the infection rate in state.”

However, 315 patients have been successfully treated and discharged while six more deaths have also been recorded in the last 14 days. “And there are dire consequences in loss of human lives for premature relaxation of the guidelines, necessitating a rollback of the relaxation in a number of states and countries. Unfortunately, guidelines may be rolled back, the lost human lives cannot be rolled back.

“This is not an easy decision, but we are confident that the wisdom and scientific basis for this decision will become clearer to those who may have initial misgivings about it. Since the advent of this pandemic in our state, our cautious, methodical, data-driven and scientifically supported approach has ensured not only comparably superior outcomes, we have also not had reasons to reverse our decisions, because our decisions are usually well thought out.

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