COVID-19: Fayemi Bans Gathering More Than 20 People

As Ekiti State had her share of the COVID -19 pandemic on Tuesday, the state governor, Kayode Fayemi has banned any meeting where more than 20 people would gather.

The governor also ordered that all public and private schools and institutions in the State are to close down from Monday 23rd March 2020.

In a state wide address on Friday, Fayemi said ” all public gatherings of more than 20 persons are banned from today 20th March 2020. These include: religious gatherings e.g. worship and prayer services, night vigils, house fellowships and nasfat meetings; social gatherings e.g. burials, weddings, family meetings and parties of any kind; political gatherings, e.g. rallies, congresses, ward meetings; night clubs, bars, beer joints, NYSC CDS meetings etc.”

“All non-essential services in private and public sectors are encouraged to work from home from Monday 23rd March 2020. These includes civil and public servants from level 12 officers and below; except essential services like health workers, caregivers, social welfare officers, fire service officers, emergency response officers, media professionals, and security/ watchmen in public institutions.” Fayemi said.

” Unnecessary travels in and out of Ekiti State is hereby discouraged at this time. While we cannot totally shut down the state, we must minimize unnecessary traffic especially from out-of-state, so we can protect our citizens from further importation of the virus and also protect the rest of the country by minimizing the exportation of any virus which may be present in Ekiti State.”