Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has suspended the proposed reopening of religious centres – including mosques and churches – in the state.
Mr Abiodun announced the change of plans on Friday, pegging it on the spike in coronavirus cases in the state.
“Consequently, we are confronted with two choices – yield to the demand of those who want the restrictions to be further relaxed or even completely removed, even if this is at variance with the dictates of incontrovertible data analysis and scientific opinion; or tow the path that preserves public health and safety, even if not so popular,” he said.
“As a responsible administration, we choose life and the wellbeing of our citizens and are therefore constrained to take the painful but necessary decision to maintain the current regime of eased lockdown in the meantime.
“We are consequently suspending our initially slated reopening of places of worship.”
The governor had earlier fixed June 19 for the planned reopening of worship centres and had set up a tripartite committee to work out the modalities.
