Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, says the state is
considering full reopening of the critical sectors of its economy soon.
Speaking at a media briefing on Sunday at the state house in
Marina, the governor said the plan will not be implemented in a hurry.
He said the state government would be rolling out
register-to-open initiative as a part of its plan because it cannot afford to
keep people and businesses on lockdown permanently.
Sanwo-Olu said officials of the Lagos State Safety
Commission (LSSC) and Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) will
be visiting restaurants, companies, religious houses to assess their level of
readiness for reopening.
“We are at a level where we are reviewing the other arms of
the economy,” the governor said.
”In the coming days, we will be starting what we call
Register-to-Open, which means all players in the restaurant business, event
centres, entertainment, malls and cinemas will go through a form of
re-registration and space management.
“There is a regulation that will be introduced to supervise
this move. We will be coming to their facilities to assess their level of
readiness for a future opening.
“I don’t know when that opening will happen in the weeks
ahead, but we want these businesses to begin to tune themselves to the reality
of COVID-19 with respect to how their work spaces need to look like.
“For us, it is not to say they should re-open fully tomorrow
or any time; there has be a process guiding the re-opening. We will be
mandating LASEPA and Safety Commission to begin the enumeration process and the
agencies will be communicating with all relevant businesses and houses in the
days ahead.
“I must, however, caution that this should not be
misinterpreted as a licence for full opening; it is certainly not. The State’s
economy is not ready for that now.”
Sanwo-Olu asked businesses, religious centres and residents
to maintain the status quo while the state works out modalities for full
reopening.
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