AYADE SAYS, CHURCH, MOSQUES AND OTHER WORSHIP CENTRE TO RESUME ACTIVITIES ON 24 MAY 2020
His Excellency, Sir Ben Ayade KSJI, the Governor of Cross River State, is very grateful to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishops, Bishops, Priests, Pastors, Christians of various denominations, and the entire Muslim community for their support and cooperation during the period of suspension of public worship in our state in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
His Excellency acknowledges that the understanding and cooperation of religious leaders contributed immensely in keeping our State Coronavirus Free thus far.
However, conscious of the Spiritual Economy, and in response to appeals by religious leaders in our state, His Excellency has issued the following executive orders:
- The order suspending public worship in the state, is hereby lifted with effect from Sunday May 24th. 2020.
- Consequently, starting from Sunday, May 24, 2020, church services are permitted but should be limited to the sitting capacity of the Church. Same applies to the Mosques.
- Use of nose mask is compulsory for all worshipers, and defaulters of nose mask maybe punish.
- Churches and Mosques should provide buckets for hand washing, or sanitizers.
- Churches and Mosques are advised to strickly keep to the above instructions. The enforcement team will still go around to check compliance.
A message signed by Christian Ita, special adviser, media and publicity to the executive Governor of Cross River State, His excellency Senator, Prof. Benedict Ayade was made public on 20th May 2020.
The publicity read that all activities from churches and mosque will kick off from 24th May 2020, many Christian and Muslim has reacted positively to this development and assured the government that the executive rules will be adhere to.
This is progress in the right direction…
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