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The Chairman of Okpe Local Government, Chief Julius Scott has taken the sensitisation campaign against the dreaded Covid-19 to churches in Okpe LGA.
Correspondent reports that the Okpe Council boss was accompanied round the churches by members of Okpe LGA Covid-19 Task Force.
When Governor Ifeanyi Okowa partially relaxed the lockdown in the state on 30th of April, he met with religious leaders few days after and lifted the ban on religious worship with conditions.
Governor Okowa urged the religious leaders to ensure social distancing, put hand washing and sanitising facilities in place as well as reduce the worship time to two hours and two days in a week, Sundays and Wednesdays.
As part of measures to ensure total compliance to these conditions in Okpe LGA, the Chairman of the Council, Chief Julius Scott accompanied by members of the LGA Task Force on Covid-19 moved round major churches in the area on Sunday morning.
Chief Julius Scott and his entourage moved round churches in Osubi, Orerokpe, Jeddo, Ugbokodo, Ughoton and other towns in the Council Area sensitizing worshippers on the need to adhere to the precautionary measures stipulated by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC and the Delta State Government.
The Okpe Council Boss urged the various congregations not to see the partial relaxation of the lockdown as an end to the Covid-19 pandemic noting that the numbers of infected persons in the country is increasing everyday.
He urged them to maintain social distance, put on their face masks, ensure regular washing of their hands with soap and running water as well as applying sanitizers.
Chief J J Scott also urged anyone coughing or sneezing or with symptoms of fever to report to the nearest government hospital as the state government has put machineries in place to handle such cases.
He called on religious leaders to ensure compliance to the conditions of worship given by the state government noting that defaulters will be sanctioned.
Chief Scott noted that members of the Covid-19 Task Force will carry out regular patrol round the council area to enforce compliance and arrest defaulters.
He commended Governor Okowa for his efforts in containing the spread of the deadly virus in the state.
The Secretary to Okpe Local Government, Barrister Leader Eji and a member of the Okpe Legislative Arm, Hon David Agbaminor urged residents to comply with the preventive measures put in place by the state government.
The monitoring of compliance to the precautionary measures of the state government on Covid-19 and sensitization of residence by Chief Julius Scott continues.
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