Rivers Govt Reviews Guidelines For Reopening Of Worship Centres
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike speaks on measures taken by his administration to curb COVID-19 in the state at the Government House in Port Harcourt.Rivers State Government has reviewed guidelines for the reopening of worship centres as measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the state.
The Commissioner of Information in the state, Paulinus Nsirim, in a statement issued on Wednesday said Governor Nyesom Wike reviewed the restriction on the number of worshippers during church services from 50 to 70 persons in the state. According to Nsirim, the state government is working on modalities for the number of Moslems that will participate in Friday prayers.
These were part of resolutions reached at a meeting of religious leaders in the State with Governor Wike at Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The governor noted that his administration does not want to take decisions on review of existing restrictions on the modes of religious gatherings without their inputs.
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