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COVID-19: Kaduna governor lifts lockdown, allows church and mosque services
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, on Tuesday, June 9 lifted the lockdown in the state barely 75 days after it was imposed to curb the spread of Coronavirus.
The state governor also directed that churches and mosques have been given the opportunity to come together once again for prayers.
This was announced by Governor Nasir El-Rufai in a statewide broadcast on Tuesday, June 9.
The governor applauded residents of the state for their immense sacrifices in the last two-and-half months that the state had been on lockdown as containment measures against the spread of Coronavirus in the state.
The governor announced that businesses and places of worship can now reopen under strict guidelines while schools and markets are to remain closed.
“Businesses can reopen, subject to the provision of thermometers for temperature checks, sanitizers or handwashing equipment and physical distancing measures within all facilities. Working hours will be 9am to 3pm daily”.
He said that Church services are allowed only on Sundays and Mosques are allowed to conduct only Friday Jumat services, for the time being, subject to compliance with the safety stipulations to the guidelines.
“Supermarkets and providers of personal services such as hairdressing and barbing salons can reopen,” he said
The governor said the ban on intra-state travel has been lifted but government officials will continue to control state boundaries to reduce unauthorized interstate travel.
“Within the state, security checkpoints will be allowed only to enforce compliance with the night-time curfew. During the day, any violations of the adjusted quarantine order like failure to wear facemasks, etc., will be enforced by operation Yaki, KASTLEA, the vigilance service and our mobile courts,” he said.
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