Covid-19 Lockdown: These five Governors had lifted bans on religious gathering

List Of Five State Governor That Has Lifted The Ban On Religious Gathering In Their Respective States

In the last 24 hours, there has been series of News of state governors, lifting the ban on religious activities in their respective states. Below are the five (5) confirmed state governors caught in this act.

Governor Aminu Bello Masari, Katsina State; He lift the ban on religious gathering to allow continuation of Friday prayers. The Secretary to the State Government Dr Mustapha Inuwa said the decision was reached after a long meeting with religious leaders, traditional rulers and security agencies. Meeting with Christian leaders and traditional rulers will follow suit. Why must we endanger lives for religious reasons?

Governor Yahaya A Bello, Kogi State. Governor Yahaya Bello of kogi state through a statement signed by his commissioner for information and communication Kingsley Fanwo, announced the suspension of the ban placed on religious gathering across the state. He said the suspension of the ban is to enable religious bodies resume their normal worships. Can’t we worship in our different houses or online?

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, Ondo State. Ondo state government has announced the plan and agreements reached with CAN to relax the ban placed on religious activities in the state to enable Christians celebrate Easter. Will the ban returned after Easter?

Governor Diri Douye, Bayealsa. Bayelsa government like her Ondo counterpart, said it had relaxed the lockdown and ban on religious activities to allow citizens celebrate Easter Celebration. The government also placed a limit of 50 worshippers at a time on churches with large congregation. What happened to an online celebration?

Governor David Nweze Umahi, Ebonyi State. SSA to the governor on religious matters, Rev Fr Abraham Nwali said, the suspension of the ban on religious gathering is to grant CAN their request to allow Christians celebrate Easter in the church because of its importance.

All this years that we in the North have been celebrating Easter and Christmas and Sallah at home, we don die? Abi our prayers were not answered all those years?

Lifting ban on Friday Prayers and Sunday services in Nigeria now, is a wrong step not worth taken or emulation in the face of the growing rate of the spread of this deadly virus.

At a time when our leaders are supposed to think deep on what they can do to curtail the spread of the virus further to avoid its outbreak, some of them are politically endangering the lives of the citizens and economy of the nation that is already bleeding from the effect of the virus on the globe.

It seems to me that, our leaders don’t think or they just want to please some set of people at all cost. So far, the trend at which this virus is spreading in the country is as a result of the negligence of our leaders who are more concern about their selfish ambition than our general well-being.

Saudi Arabia make Billions of dollar annually from religious activities yet for almost a month now, Mecca Grand Mosque has not been opened for worshippers. Italy is on total lockdown and as a result, Vatican City which is the headquarter of Roman Catholic Church (the largest Christian Church in the world and also the home of the Pope) is affected by the lockdown and yet to be opened. But some selfish and corrupt leaders in Nigeria want to claim to be more religious than Saudi Arabia and Rome.