Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has lifted the social distancing order imposed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on religious congregations in mosques and churches across the state.
In a statement on Thursday signed by the Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Fanwo, Mr Bello said the move was to enable religious bodies to resume their normal worship and services.
The governor urged all religious leaders to put in place preventive and precautionary measures in their various worship centres in order to contain the outbreak and spread of coronavirus in the state.
“Sitting arrangements in mosques and churches should be done to ensure social distancing,” the statement read.
“We also urge churches and mosques to make their services as brief as possible in order not to keep a large crowd of worshipers within an enclosed confinement.”
Bello had on March 20 ordered the indefinite closure of all public and private schools, including higher institutions, in the state as measures in preventing the spread of coronavirus disease in the state.
The order which also banned public gatherings took effect from March 23.
