Tag: Worship Centres
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BREAKING: Sanwo-Olu permits worship centres to start full services
Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has allowed churches and mosques in the state to resume full services. He said mosques can hold their prayers five times daily while churches can also commence weekly services. TheNewsGuru recalls that worship centres were restricted to one gathering weekly after they were allowed to reopen following lockdown to check COVID-19…
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Lagos lists 46 guidelines as partial reopening of worship centres commences today
Ahead of the reopening of worship centers in Lagos State Friday and Sunday, the government on Thursday rolled out 46 several safety protocols and guidelines for worshippers to follow during services in the first phase. The government also inaugurated a 43-man Monitoring and Compliance Committees to ensure compliance with the protocols and guidelines. Home Affairs…
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Ogun announces date for reopening of worship centres, schools
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun on Wednesday said the state will open all worship centres on August 14. The governor also declared that private and public schools would resume on August 4 for Senior Secondary School (SSS) 3 students. Abiodun warned that any private school that failed to meet established guidelines for prevention of COVID-19…
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COVID-19: Ogun schools, worship centres, others remain shut – Abiodun
The Ogun State Government on Friday set up a committee to fashion out guidelines for ”a safe reopening” of schools. The immediate objective is to ”allow certificate classes to resume and write their examinations,” although all schools remain shut for now, it said. It said available data and opinions of experts “continue to indicate that…
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JUST IN: Lagos commences registration of worship, social centres for full reopening
The Lagos State Safety Commission has opened a register for religious and social centres in its domain. The registration of such centres is in preparation for their full reopening. It is also in furtherance of the Register-to-Open initiative of the state government, as directed by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the commission explained in a statement by…
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COVID-19: FG clarifies reopening of worship centres
The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Dr Sani Aliyu on Tuesday clarified the position of the federal government on the reopening of worship centres. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Chairman of the PTFCOVID19, Mr. Boss Mustapha, who is also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation had on…
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FG’s reopening of worship centres is victory over Coronavirus – CAN
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has hailed the Federal Government for the planned reopening of worship centres. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the government had on Monday announced the decision to relax the ban on religious gatherings though to be fully undertaking by the state governments. CAN described the development as victory over the dreaded…
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Akeredolu approves reopening of worship centres in Ondo from Friday
Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has ordered worship centres to resume activities from Friday (tomorrow). The religious activities, according to the governor, are to be guided and syndicated. Akeredolu said the religious activities were asked to resume after consultation with religious leaders and other relevant stakeholders. The Ondo Governor noted that if guided religious worship…
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FG meets CAN, NSCIA leaders; deliberate guidelines to re-open worship centres
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and Presidential Task Force (PTF) met in Abuja on Tuesday to deliberate extensively on guidelines to re-open places of worship, especially in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The parties agreed that it was time for…
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COVID-19 lockdown: Lagos lists conditions to reopen businesses, worship centres
The Lagos State Government on Sunday renewed hopes of reopening businesses and worship centres that had been under lock and key for over five weeks now as one of the early measures to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus [COVID-19] disease. However, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in his address on Monday said the business owners…