JUST IN: Governor Fayemi Restricts Public Gatherings In Ekiti

Governor Kayode Fayemi

Governor Fayemi has restricted public gatherings in Ekiti State.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has imposed restrictions on social, religious, political gatherings across the state and directed transporters to reduce the number of passengers by half as parts to curtail the spread of COVID-19 in the state.

Governor Fayemi made this known via an address read by the Commissioner for Health, Dr Oyebanji Filani, in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital on Tuesday.

The governor, who expressed concerns over the increasing cases of the third wave of the COVID-19 in the state, said 180 cases were recorded between July and the last few days in August.

Governor Fayemi, however, noted that all efforts must be geared towards stopping the further spread of the deadly variant in Ekiti State.

According to the governor, Ekiti State recorded 95 cases in July and 85 cases in the last few days in the month of August, saying, “We are constrained to respond to this development with the following non-pharmaceutical control measures, which remain our best means of containing the pandemic in the state.”

Governor Fayemi further stated that the patients are stable across the isolations centres in the state just as he enjoined residents to go about their businesses with strict adherence to the safety protocols.

He said, “We must never trivialise the danger that COVID-19 continues to pose to us. We must ensure we do not have a reversal of fortune. We cannot afford a community infection that could easily overwhelm our capacity and return us to another round of stay-at-home with even more stringent measures.

“It is my duty to inform you that Ekiti State is experiencing an unwelcome increase in the number of Covid-19 confirmed positive cases. In the month of July, we recorded ninety-five (95) cases, and we have now recorded 85 cases in the first week of August. 85 cases in just 6 days.

“We are obviously experiencing the third wave with more cases than we experienced in the second wave in March 2021. Besides, with the introduction of the Delta strain of the Covid-19 virus in the country and the recent evidence of its community transmission as reported by NCDC, it is imperative for us as a state to enforce our existing Covid-19 regulations more strictly to safeguard the health of our people,” the governor stated.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Governor Fayemi stated that public gatherings especially social, political and business in Ekiti State should be restricted to only 50 persons with a social distance of six feet and mandatory use of face masks.

While on religious centres, the governor said, “Our religious gatherings in the state would be with temporary restrictions starting from Friday, August 13, 2021, for Muslims and Sunday, August 15, 2021, for Christians. All gatherings must be held in strict and full compliance with the regulations regarding worship centres which include social distancing of 6-feet between worshippers, hand washing and face masks.”

The governor stressed that officials of the government would be out to monitor the level of compliance, adding that defaulters would be punished in accordance with the law.

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