Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said that his
government’s directive on no access to public places without being vaccinated
still stands.
Recall that the state government had announced plans to make
it compulsory for residents to take COVID-19 vaccine and present proof before
accessing public places from the second week of September.
However, the Governor at a news briefing in Benin on
Wednesday, further threatened to impose a lockdown, if residents failed to
follow the directive and comply with COVID-19 protocols in order to halt the
spread of the Delta variant of the pandemic.
“The attention of the Edo government has been drawn to an order by a High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers directing the government to maintain the status quo on the purported compulsory coronavirus vaccination for citizens.
“To the best of our knowledge, the order is, at best,
speculative and preemptive, as the scheduled date for the commencement of
enforcement of the directive is the second week of September.
“We want to reiterate that our directive on vaccination
stands,” Obaseki said.
He urged those planning social, religious, political or
business events after the second week of September to ensure that both
themselves and their guests were not only vaccinated but possessed vaccination
cards as proof.
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