The Ogun state government has suspended plans to reopen
worship centres.
Dapo Abiodun, governor of the state, broke the news while
addressing journalists in Abeokuta, the state capital, on Friday.
The government had earlier scheduled the reopening of
worship centres for June 19, just like Lagos, which ended up reversing its
decision.
“After a careful review of the data, feedback from the
field, expert opinions, and lessons from far and near, two major conclusions
are very clear and obvious to all: first, the COVID-19 situation in Ogun State
and indeed in the country as a whole has not improved since the last update,”
Abiodun said.
“And there are dire consequences in loss of human lives for
premature relaxation of the guidelines, necessitating a rollback of the
relaxation in a number of states and countries. Unfortunately, guidelines may
be rolled back, the lost human lives cannot be rolled back.
“Consequently, we are confronted with two choices – yield to
the demand of those who want the restrictions to be further relaxed or even
completely removed, even if this is at variance with the dictates of
incontrovertible data analysis and scientific opinion; or tow the path that
preserves public health and safety, even if not so popular.
“As a responsible administration, we choose life and the
wellbeing of our citizens and are therefore constrained to take the painful but
necessary decision to maintain the current regime of eased lockdown in the
meantime.
“We are consequently suspending our initially slated
reopening of places of worship.”
As of Thursday evening, Ogun had recorded 586 cases of
COVID-19.
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