Kaduna State Governor, NASIR EL-RUFAI, has ordered the reopening of worship centres across the state.
He, however, directed that the worship centers should conduct their services only on specific days.
The governor gave the directives in a state-wide broadcast, saying the reopening of worship centres would be subjected to compliance with safety guidelines and stipulations.
Governor EL-RUFAI announced that the amended Quarantine Order would take effect from today, June 10.
Nigeria has recorded 663 new Coronavirus case in 25 states and the FCT.
The figure is the highest daily recorded in Nigeria since the outbreak in February and brings the total number of confirmed cases to 13,464.
According to the NCDC, Lagos State recorded the highest number of infections for the day with 170 cases while Ogun and Bauchi had 108 and 69 cases respectively.
Further breakdown of the new cases showed that Ebonyi State had 49 infections, Edo (33), Rivers (30), FCT (29), Jigawa (26) and Delta (20).
Others are Anambra (17), Gombe (16), Kano (16), Imo (15), Abia (14), Borno (11), Oyo (11), Plateau (8), Kebbi (6), Kaduna (6), Ondo (4).
Niger and Katsina had 2 cases each while Osun, Ekiti, Kwara and Nasarawa recorded 1 case apiece.
Of the number of positive cases in Nigeria so far, 4,206 persons have fully recovered and have been discharged while 365 persons have died.
President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the gazetting of the executive order which he recently signed to grant financial autonomy to state assemblies and judiciary.
Governor of Ekiti and chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Kayode Fayemi, disclosed this to state house correspondents in Abuja on Monday.
Speaking after a meeting the governors had with chief of staff to the president and some ministers, Fayemi said the president suspended the implementation of the order over the governors’ concerns.
Speaker of the Gombe State House of Assembly, Abubakar Sadiq Ibrahim, has tested positive for COVID-19.
Four other lawmakers have also tested positive. Their identities have, however, remain undisclosed.
The speaker and the four other lawmakers are said to be part of the 13 new cases in Gombe State announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday.
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