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Clearance For Prospective Couples Mandatory -Lagos

The Lagos State Government has made it necessary for future couples to procure clearance from the state government to hold weddings with not more than 300 people in attendance.

This was contained in a notice by the state government. “Weddings and Social gatherings must not exceed 300 people with prior clearance from the Lagos State commission”, the notice partly read.

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The Director-General, Lagos State Safety Commission, Lanre Mojola, said the state government is concerned about large gatherings and big weddings as the state experiences pegs in the number of Covid-19 cases.

Eko Hot Blog gathered that he said that the clearance is for prospective couples will have to go on the commission website to input the details of their wedding, adding that safety marshals will be deployed to such events to enforce all Covid protocols to prevent any possible spread of the virus.

“If it’s not big a wedding, maybe 50 people, 100 people, we are not concerned. But if it is a large gathering with 300 people and above, you must get a clearance; no payment whatsoever,” he announced.

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