Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state on Saturday, announced that religious centres in the state will resume activities on August 7, 2020.
He made the announcement at a media briefing. The governor said it will be on the condition that worship centres will open only once a week and operate at 50-percent capacity.
He also said the capacity for public gatherings has now been increased from 20 to 50 persons. “We will be increasing the permissible capacity for public gatherings from 20 that we had in the past months to 50 persons.
This means that at annual general meetings, at funerals, at regulated social events, you can actually increase the capacity now,” “Lagosians should also continue to keep in mind that mass gatherings can increase the spread of infectious disease. As such, all standard prevention and control measures must still be strictly adhered to Physical distancing, mandatory temperature checks, use of face masks in public, regular disinfection of premises and personal hygiene, we must continue to ensure and enforce compliance with all of these things.
“Places of worship in Lagos will now be open from Friday, the 7th of August, for our Muslim worshippers and on Sunday, the 9th of August, for our Christian worshippers. But we’ll only be allowing 50 percent of their capacity; a maximum of 50 percent of their capacity at either the church or the mosque.
Churches that have Saturday worship day will also be allowed to start holding their Saturday worship.”
“For avoidance of doubt, there will be Friday worship for our Muslim followers and Sunday worship for our Christian followers,” Sanwo-Olu added.
Recall that religious centres in the state have been closed since March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.