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| From left— Professor Akin Abayomi, Commissioner for Health; Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, Deputy Governor; Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, Commissioner for Information and Strategy; Governor Babajide Sawo-Olu, and Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo, Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General, during the governor’s briefing to update on COVID-19 and opening of schools, cinema, gym and religions house, at Lagos House, Marina, on Saturday. PHOTO: Bunmi Azeez./ |
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the full reopening of worship centres in the state.
He announced this during a briefing in Lagos on Saturday.
The governor said mosques can hold their prayers five times daily while churches can also commence weekly services.
The governor had on Friday, August 7 allowed mosques and churches to commence their Friday and Sunday services only.
He, however, warned that the safety protocols released by the government must be strictly adhered to.
Worship centres in the state had been shut since March as part of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Details later…