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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said that his government\u2019s directive on no access to public places without being vaccinated still stands.<\/p>\n

Recall that the state government had announced plans to make it compulsory for residents to take COVID-19 vaccine and present proof before accessing public places from the second week of September.<\/p>\n

However, the Governor at a news briefing in Benin on Wednesday, further threatened to impose a lockdown, if residents failed to follow the directive and comply with COVID-19 protocols in order to halt the spread of the Delta variant of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe attention of the Edo government has been drawn to an order by a High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers directing the government to maintain the status quo on the purported compulsory coronavirus vaccination for citizens.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo the best of our knowledge, the order is, at best, speculative and preemptive, as the scheduled date for the commencement of enforcement of the directive is the second week of September.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to reiterate that our directive on vaccination stands,\u201d Obaseki said.<\/p>\n

He urged those planning social, religious, political or business events after the second week of September to ensure that both themselves and their guests were not only vaccinated but possessed vaccination cards as proof.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said that his government\u2019s directive on no access to public places without being vaccinated still stands. 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