Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has ordered the immediate closure of nightclubs, bars and other social gathering in the state in a bid to control the spread of Coronavirus.
Governor Sanwo-Olu gave the directive today when he spoke at a press briefing.
He said following extensive consultations with various religious leaders, the state government has also directed immediate suspension of gatherings of not more than 50 people.
Sanwo-Olu advised Lagosians to avoid any form of gathering either academic, social, family, professional, political or religious.
He said;
This means that gatherings around our event centres and clubs, both day clubs and night clubs, bars etc are also affected by this directive,” he said.