Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n
The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has banned all religious or social gathering of over 50 persons.<\/p>\n
Malam Abubakar Sani, the Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister on Media and Strategic Communications, made this known on Friday in a statement sent to DAILY POST.<\/p>\n
According to Sani, this decision was reached after a meeting of the FCT administration and religious leaders.<\/p>\n
The statement said that, \u201cBased on the advice and guidance of public health authorities, the Presidential Task Force for the Control of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID 19), as well as the outcomes of the National Economic Council meeting, held on Thursday, 19th of March 2020, the FCT Administration held a meeting with religious leaders across the Territory and reached the following decisions;<\/p>\n
\u201cReligious leaders and worshippers are enjoined to follow all laid down health protocols as stipulated by the relevant health authorities for the control of the Coronavirus disease while intensifying prayers for the safety of all Nigerians;<\/p>\n
\u201cCongregations at places of worship are hereby restricted to a maximum of 50 persons at any given time;<\/p>\n
\u201cThis measure also applies to social gatherings at event centers, football viewing centers and night clubs, amongst others;<\/p>\n
\u201cThe essence of this restriction is to make the tracking of suspected cases, if any, easier for the health authorities;<\/p>\n
\u201cResidents are also enjoined not to engage in panic buying and always seek for information about the disease from the FCT Public Health Department and other agencies of government<\/p>\n
\u201cFCT Administration calls for the understanding and cooperation of all residents of the FCT.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Africa Press-Nigeria: The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has banned all religious or social gathering of over 50 persons. Malam Abubakar Sani, the Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister on Media and Strategic Communications, made this known on Friday in a statement sent to DAILY POST. According to Sani, this decision was reached after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":22873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[347,1254],"class_list":["post-22871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-abuja","tag-fcta"],"yoast_head":"\n