COVID-19: Kano Orders Civil Servants To Stay At Home, Shuts Viewing, Event Centres

• Kano directed civil servants to stay at home
• Exempts healthcare service providers, fire service, water board, teaching staff, security guards and media

Kano State Government says the activities of viewing and event centres across the state should tentatively stay on hold, due to increase in COVID-19 cases.

The State Commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba, made this known in a statement on Monday.

He said the measure was part of decision at a stakeholders meeting held at the Africa House, Kano.

All civil servants in the state have also been directed to stay at home pending further instruction, Garba added.

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He said that workers on essential services such as the healthcare service providers, fire service, water board, teaching staff, security guards and the media are exempted from the ban.

The commissioner reaffirmed the government’s commitment to working with relevant stakeholders that included the Ulama, Islamic instructors, to ensuring compliance with the COVID-19 Protocols.

Garba’s statement also warned that security agents who were part of the stakeholders’ meeting would not hesitate to take stern measures to ensure compliance with the directive.