{"id":18139,"date":"2020-06-03T08:47:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T08:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=18139"},"modified":"2020-06-03T08:47:21","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T08:47:21","slug":"covid-19-lagos-govt-rules-out-immediate-reopening-of-churches-mosques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=18139","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Lagos govt rules out immediate reopening of churches, mosques"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Babajide-Sanwo-Olu.-.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lagos State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Prince Anofiu Elegushi, said on Tuesday the state government was not considering the immediate reopening of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/covid-19-ondo-govt-lifts-restriction-on-churches-mosques\/\">churches and mosques<\/a>&nbsp;in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elegushi, who revealed this on the sideline of the 2020 Ministerial Press Briefing commemorating the first year anniversary of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu\u2019s administration, said the state government would not reopen worship centres until the coast was clear for such decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Federal Government had on Monday lifted the ban on religious gatherings in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elegushi said: \u201cEven before the pronouncement by the federal government, we have been having meetings with the religious leaders, we even had one with Safety Commission, looking at the possibility of reopening of religious houses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201dWe also had one with the leaders of the two faiths and I want to tell you categorically that at that meeting, the possibility of opening\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/cross-river-govt-lifts-ban-on-religious-gatherings\/\">religious<\/a>\u00a0houses was ruled out totally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey claimed that they cannot take such responsibility of ensuring that only 20 or 50 people are praying behind them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lagos State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Prince Anofiu Elegushi, said on Tuesday the state government was not considering the immediate reopening of&nbsp;churches and mosques&nbsp;in the state. Elegushi, who revealed this on the sideline of the 2020 Ministerial Press Briefing commemorating the first year anniversary of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu\u2019s administration, said the state government would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[27,7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>COVID-19: Lagos govt rules out immediate reopening of churches, mosques &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=18139\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=18139#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"COVID-19\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"COVID-19: Lagos govt rules out immediate reopening of churches, mosques\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"COVID-19: Lagos govt rules out immediate reopening of churches, mosques &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=18139","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=18139#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"COVID-19","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"COVID-19: Lagos govt rules out immediate reopening of churches, mosques"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27\" rel=\"category\">COVID-19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=7\" rel=\"category\">Religion<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The Lagos State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Prince Anofiu Elegushi, said on Tuesday the state government was not considering the immediate reopening of&nbsp;churches and mosques&nbsp;in the state. 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