{"id":23773,"date":"2020-04-11T16:06:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T16:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=23773"},"modified":"2020-04-11T16:06:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T16:06:16","slug":"ondo-govt-makes-u-turn-on-easter-services-after-meeting-with-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ondo-govt-makes-u-turn-on-easter-services-after-meeting-with-can","title":{"rendered":"Ondo Govt makes u-turn on Easter services after meeting with CAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu has said that there will no longer be Easter church services this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Akeredolu announced this decision after meeting with the state\u2019s chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve heard you all and your concerns on the need to #LockDownOndo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have just concluded a meeting with CAN and we have resolved that the services will not hold again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks for your concerns. Stay blessed and Happy Easter to all,\u201d he tweeted from his official handle on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Akeredolu had earlier temporarily lifted the ban on religious gathering in the state, in order for Christians faithful to converge on churches on Sunday for the Easter celebration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu has said that there will no longer be Easter church services this weekend. Akeredolu announced this decision after meeting with the state\u2019s chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). \u201cI\u2019ve heard you all and your concerns on the need to #LockDownOndo. \u201cI have just concluded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":20923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[663,613],"class_list":["post-23773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-can","tag-ondo-state"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ondo Govt makes u-turn on Easter services after meeting with CAN - Nigeria<\/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:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ondo-govt-makes-u-turn-on-easter-services-after-meeting-with-can\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ondo Govt makes u-turn on Easter services after meeting with CAN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria: The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu has said that there will no longer be Easter church services this weekend. 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