With effect from Monday, residents of Ekiti State now have
opportunities to pursue their businesses Mondays through Friday
from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Governor Kayode Fayemi who disclosed this in a state-wide
broadcast Sunday evening also revealed that consultations are
underway to reopen religious worship centres, schools and big
markets in the state.
Also with effect from Monday, public officers on Grade Level 8
and above are to resume for duty while those on Grade Level 7 and
below are to remain at home till further notice.
The governor also stressed that the dusk-to-dawn curfew will
resume daily at 8pm and will last till 5.59 am of the following
morning.
He also announced that the state’s molecular laboratory will be
commissioned on Monday to facilitate testing for COVID-19. Fayemi
urged residents to give maximum support to the medical experts
conducting the tests as modalities have been devised to ensure a
seamless exercise.
He said: “I therefore urge you to willingly submit yourselves
for testing when the officials get to your neighborhood.
“This also provides an opportunity for those who might have had
symptoms associated with COVID-19 to freely come out for testing at
no cost to them.”
The governor in the broadcast also reiterated his earlier order
that all Ekiti boundaries will remain on complete lockdown daily
pending further review at national level.
Speaking on likelihood of resumption of public worship, Mr
Fayemi promised that religious centres will reopen “very soon”
revealing that a committee will be engaging with religious
organisations to fashion out a workable protocol.
The workable protocol, he said, will enable religious houses to
reopen very soon without jeopardising the lives and health of
worshippers.
On the fate of schools in Ekiti, the governor explained that
efforts to reopen them are also ongoing “as the committee set up to
appraise the protocols, resources, conditions and modalities for
reopening has concluded its work.”
The governor also said government is considering reopening major
markets to permanent shop owners, after the outcome of the
engagement process that is ongoing on the relocation of roadside
traders to available alternatives.
The reopening of the major markets, the governor said further,
will be subject to compliance with specific conditions and
protocols that are being determined.
On when the state will be totally opened up its economy, Mr
Fayemi said: “Once the report of the random testing shows that we
are safe generally, it would further give fillip to our confidence
to fully open up our state and return to our normal way of
life.”
He expressed delight that appreciable progress has been made in
the fight against COVID-19 since the second wave of lockdown a
month ago, partly in consonance with the national strategy to ban
interstate movement, which makes a review of existing regulations
necessary.
Mr Fayemi disclosed that Ekiti has so far recorded 20 cases in
all with 16 of the patients successfully treated and discharged
with only two active cases left at the State Isolation Centre while
two cases were lost.
With effect from Monday, residents of Ekiti State now have
opportunities to pursue their businesses Mondays through Friday
from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Governor Kayode Fayemi who disclosed this in a state-wide
broadcast Sunday evening also revealed that consultations are
underway to reopen religious worship centres, schools and big
markets in the state.
Also with effect from Monday, public officers on Grade Level 8
and above are to resume for duty while those on Grade Level 7 and
below are to remain at home till further notice.
The governor also stressed that the dusk-to-dawn curfew will
resume daily at 8pm and will last till 5.59 am of the following
morning.
He also announced that the state’s molecular laboratory will be
commissioned on Monday to facilitate testing for COVID-19. Fayemi
urged residents to give maximum support to the medical experts
conducting the tests as modalities have been devised to ensure a
seamless exercise.
He said: “I therefore urge you to willingly submit yourselves
for testing when the officials get to your neighborhood.
“This also provides an opportunity for those who might have had
symptoms associated with COVID-19 to freely come out for testing at
no cost to them.”
The governor in the broadcast also reiterated his earlier order
that all Ekiti boundaries will remain on complete lockdown daily
pending further review at national level.
Speaking on likelihood of resumption of public worship, Mr
Fayemi promised that religious centres will reopen “very soon”
revealing that a committee will be engaging with religious
organisations to fashion out a workable protocol.
The workable protocol, he said, will enable religious houses to
reopen very soon without jeopardising the lives and health of
worshippers.
On the fate of schools in Ekiti, the governor explained that
efforts to reopen them are also ongoing “as the committee set up to
appraise the protocols, resources, conditions and modalities for
reopening has concluded its work.”
The governor also said government is considering reopening major
markets to permanent shop owners, after the outcome of the
engagement process that is ongoing on the relocation of roadside
traders to available alternatives.
The reopening of the major markets, the governor said further,
will be subject to compliance with specific conditions and
protocols that are being determined.
On when the state will be totally opened up its economy, Mr
Fayemi said: “Once the report of the random testing shows that we
are safe generally, it would further give fillip to our confidence
to fully open up our state and return to our normal way of
life.”
He expressed delight that appreciable progress has been made in
the fight against COVID-19 since the second wave of lockdown a
month ago, partly in consonance with the national strategy to ban
interstate movement, which makes a review of existing regulations
necessary.
Mr Fayemi disclosed that Ekiti has so far recorded 20 cases in
all with 16 of the patients successfully treated and discharged
with only two active cases left at the State Isolation Centre while
two cases were lost.