With effect from Monday, residents of Ekiti State now have
opportunities to pursue their businesses Monday through Friday from 6am to 8pm.
Governor Kayode Fayemi, who disclosed this in a statewide
broadcast Sunday evening, also revealed that consultations were underway to
reopen worship centres, schools and big markets in the state.
Also with effect from Monday, public officers on Grade Level
8 and above are to resume for duty while those on Grade Level 7 and below are
to remain at home till further notice.
The Governor also stressed that the dusk-to-dawn curfew will
resume daily at 8pm and will last till 5.59 am of the following morning.
The Governor also announced that the state’s molecular
laboratory will be commissioned on Monday to facilitate testing for covid-19.
Fayemi urged residents to give maximum support to the
medical experts conducting the tests as modalities have been devised to ensure
a seamless exercise.
He said: “I therefore urge you to willingly submit
yourselves for testing when the officials get to your neighborhood.
“This also provides an opportunity for those who might have
had symptoms associated with COVID-19 to freely come out for testing at no cost
to them.”
The Governor in the broadcast also reiterated his earlier
order that all Ekiti boundaries will remain on complete lockdown daily pending
further review at national level.
Speaking on likelihood of resumption of public worship,
Fayemi promised that religious centres will reopen “very soon” revealing that a
committee will be engaging with religious organisations to fashion out a
workable protocol.
The workable protocol, he said, will enable religious houses
to reopen very soon without jeopardising the lives and health of worshippers.
On the fate of schools in Ekiti, the Governor explained that
efforts to reopen them were also ongoing “as the committee set up to appraise
the protocols, resources, conditions and modalities for reopening has concluded
its work.”
The Governor also said government is considering reopening
major markets to permanent shop owners, after the outcome of the engagement
process that is ongoing on the relocation of roadside traders to available
alternatives.
The reopening of the major markets, the Governor said
further, will be subject to compliance with specific conditions and protocols
that are being determined.
On when the state will be totally opened up its economy,
Fayemi said: “Once the report of the random testing shows that we are safe
generally, it would further give fillip to our confidence to fully open up our
state and return to our normal way of life.”
He expressed delight that appreciable progress has been made
in the fight against COVID-19 since the second wave of lockdown a month ago,
partly in consonance with national strategy to ban interstate movement, which
makes review of existing regulations necessary.
Fayemi disclosed that Ekiti has so far recorded 20 cases in
all with 16 of the patients successfully treated and discharged with only two
active cases left at the State Isolation Centre while two cases were lost.
He added that about 300 contact tracing were done with over
200 persons tested so far in the state.
The Governor expressed gratitude to front line medical
personnel, task force team, security agents, the COVID-19 Response Resource
Mobilisation Committee and the general public.
He also appreciated the Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID)
led by Alhaji Aliko Dangote for its contribution donation and the Dr Chikwe
Ihekweazu-led National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) for its technical
assistance.
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