Lagos State Government has clarified its position on reopening of event centres, explaining that owners of various social centres across the State must register their facilities pending when the Governor will give further directives regarding their operations. The Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Pharmacist (Mrs.) Uzamat AkinbiIe-Yusuf who made the clarification following reports in the media that owners of the event centre could now open for operations maintained that all event centres and cinemas are to remain shut for now. She explained that the state government is yet to make any disclosure on the date for the reopening of the Centres, adding that such disclosure would be made the Governor provided that the event centres have met all laid down procedures ahead of their reopening including registering under the Register-To-Open initiative of the State Government. The Commissioner noted that the initiative was meant to certify the safety preparedness of various business outfits including event centres before they are allowed to re-open for business activities. “We have global guidelines that deal with both social and religious centres but we have specific ones for certain categories,” Akinbile-Yusuf added.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 11, 2020 16:41 UTC