NON-FOOD MARKETS, TO OPEN MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, FRIDAYS IN LAGOS
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| A textile market in Oshodi, Lagos. |
As part of the moves by the State
Government to prevent crowding in public places, the Governor directed all
markets to open for three days weekly in alternation. Food markets across the
State are to be opened only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 9am to
3pm.
Non-food
markets, Sanwo-Olu directed, shall only open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
within the stipulated hours. He said all traders must put on face mask and
provide hand sanitizers in their markets.
It
is compulsory for any resident that must be in public places to put on face
mask, the Governor said.
Also,
banks and other private firms must open businesses with 60 per cent of staff
strength, while also operating within the hours of 9am and 3pm. The Governor
enjoined the privately-owned companies and manufacturing firms to arrange for
the transportation of their essential staff that would be at work.
Gov.
Sanwo-Olu, however, extended the operating hours for eateries and restaurants
from 9am to 7pm, due to Ramadan fasting. But the Governor said restaurants and
eateries must not allow their customers to eat-in. Food must be served food
only take-away packs and delivery, Sanwo-Olu directed.
The
Governor allayed the fear of residents on movement, urging them to keep to the
hygiene tips. He said the State had opened a dedicated isolation centre for
health and emergency workers infected in the line of duty.
Sanwo-Olu
said the State will be embarking on aggressive testing in community, noting
that the Government had collected 3,000 samples that were yet to be tested due
to global shortage of reagent used for molecular testing.
He
said: “We have 3,000 samples collected but we have not been able to carry the
test because of global shortage of reagent for molecular testing. We are hoping
that some of the reagents will be supplied tomorrow and Tuesday.
“We
made order for more reagents because of cases we have seen and it would not be
out of place to see positive cases in the range of 20 per cent out of the 3,000
samples collected. We are improving the capacity of our isolation facilities in
preparation to take care of more patients.”
Starting
from Tuesday, the Governor directed the release of all vehicles seized for
flouting the lockdown to their owners free of charge. The vehicles in this
category include those seized not later than April 14.
Sanwo-Olu
said all decisions taken by the State Government were adopted in the belief to
protect all residents from the ravaging pandemic.
“We
will continue to do our very best and maintain high level of transparency in
the disbursement of resources donated towards the fight against COVID-19,” the
Governor said.
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