Ogun State Government has raised a delegation for assessment visits to facilities of religious organizations across the state to ascertain their level of preparedness ahead of reopening.
The government’s delegation comprised of the Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker and her counterparts in Physical Planning and Urban Development, Tunji Odunlami, as well as that of Environment, Abiodun Abudu-Balogun.
The team had inspected necessary facilities and preventive equipment provided by churches and mosques located in Ijebu, Remo and Egba divisions of the state before the commencement worship activities.
Addressing journalists after the visit, the Commissioner for Health, Dr Coker conveyed messages of mixed reactions from the religious bodies on their level of preparedness.
She explained that some religious leaders expressed readiness to guarantee the safety of congregants from the COVID-19 pandemic while others were still struggling to comply with the laid down protocols.
Also speaking, the Commissioner for Environment, Abudu-Balogun, commended some of the worship centres for their level of preparedness towards reopening.
In separate remarks, the Chief Imam of Ijebuland, Sheikh Gbadegesin Ayanbadejo and the Cathedral Administrator, St. Sebastian’s Cathedral, Odo-Egbo, Ijebu Ode, the Reverend Father Vincent Ajayi restated their resolve to sustain the efforts towards containing the spread of COVID-19.
Oluremi Olugbenro
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