Churches, mosques reopens in Adamawa as governor suspends lockdown

The Adamawa State Government has lifted the ban placed on religious congregations across the state with immediate effect to allow religious bodies have their normal worship and services.

Press secretary to Governor Umaru Fintiri, Humwashi Wonosikou, disclosed in a statement to journalists on Thursday.

According to the statement, the governor’s resolve to ease the lockdown follows a decline in the spread of the coronavirus disease in the the state.

Confiance News gathered that Wonosikou urged all religious leaders to put in place preventive and precautionary measures in their various worship centres in order to contain the outbreak and spread of Coronavirus in the state.

He said, “Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has eased the restriction on worship places and social gatherings earlier imposed on the state following the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic.

“Churches, Mosques and the international cattle markets under lockdown can now reopen.”

He also announced the discharge of five COVID-19 patients from the state isolation centres after testing negative for the virus.

Moreover, data mined from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) Twitter feed shows that the last time Adamawa State reported any COVID-19 case was on the 11th of May, 2020, where it recorded four new cases.

As at May 16, Nigeria has 5621 cases of COVID-19, 1472 discharged patients and 176 deaths.