COVID-19 lockdown ease: Government to lift ban on religious gatherings

Enugu government has agreed to lift ban placed on religious and social gatherings.

Onyxnews Nigeria reports that Church services will resume in Enugu from May 10, according to the Christian Council of Nigeria (CCN), Enugu State chapter.

This reliable online news platform quoted NAN saying, CCN on Thursday, said that this was part of the agreements reached with the state government.

The chairman of the state chapter, Most. Rev. Christopher Ede, confirmed this in a statement he signed.

Ede, who is the Archbishop of Enugu Methodist Church Nigeria, said that each denomination must observe all the safety protocols on public gatherings, as recommended by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and other government guidelines.

“All member-churches of the CCN, Enugu State, are hereby notified that we have reached an agreement with the governor on the resumption of public worships, with effect from May 10,” Ede said.

The Enugu state government suspended all religious and social gatherings on March 31 after announcing a partial lockdown, to stop the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.

Meanwhile, on Thursday night, May 7, Nigeria has recorded highest cases in the daily report of the raging coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

Onyxnews Nigeria reported that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) had revealed that 381 new cases of the ravaging pandemic had been recorded in Nigeria, taking the total number of cases of the disease in the country to 3526.