Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi’s
Executive Directive To Combat & Curtail The Spread Of Coronavirus in Ekiti
State.
ON ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
1). All public and private schools and
institutions in Ekiti State are to close down from Monday 23rd March 2020
ON PUBLIC GATHERINGS
2). All public gatherings of more than 20 persons
are banned from today 20th March 2020. These include: religious gatherings e.g.
worship and prayer services, night vigils, house fellowships and nasfat
meetings; social gatherings e.g. burials, weddings, family meetings and parties
of any kind; political gatherings, e.g. rallies, congresses, ward meetings;
night clubs, bars, beer joints, NYSC CDS meetings etc.
ON PUBLIC & PRIVATE SERVICES
3). All non-essential services in private and
public sectors are encouraged to work from home from Monday 23rd March 2020.
These includes civil and public servants from level 12 officers and below;
except essential services like health workers, caregivers, social welfare
officers, fire service officers, emergency response officers, media
professionals, and security/ watchmen in public institutions.
ON GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
4). Government officials are advised to keep their
phone lines open as they may be required to come to the office when needed.
ON INTER & INTRA – STATE TRANSPORTATION
5). No overloading of passengers in public
transportation with effect from today. Commercial vehicles must ensure only one
person is sitting in the front seat with the driver and not more than 3
passengers on a row in the backseat.
6).Motorcyclists (Okadas) must carry only one
passenger each to minimize close contact as much as possible.
7).Hand washing facilities must be available at
all motor parks
ON CITIZENS & PUBLIC SERVICES
8). Citizens must wash their hands regularly with
liquid soap under running water multiple times everyday to avoid virus
transfer.
9). All public places must provide hand washing
implements at the entrance and exit of their facility with immediate
effect.
10).A running tap with safe drainage or a Veronica
bucket for running water and liquid soaps or hand sanitizers must be made available
at motor parks, eateries, banks, shops, offices and any place with significant
human traffic to encourage frequent hand washing.
ON MARKETS & TRANSACTIONS
11). Market men and women must practice hand
washing under running water with liquid soap at least 6 times a day in their
stalls.This is to minimize the transfer of virus picked up in the process of
buying and selling.
12).Citizens visiting markets must ensure they
wash their hands with soap under running water as soon as they leave the market
before they get home.
ON TRAVELS
13). Unnecessary travels in and out of Ekiti State
are discouraged at this time. While we cannot totally shut down the state, we
must minimize unnecessary traffic especially from out-of-state, so we can
protect our citizens from further importation of the virus and also protect the
rest of the country by minimizing the exportation of any virus which may be
present in Ekiti State.
All directives are until further notice.
