Ekiti gov. eases lockdown

Ekiti state governor Kayode Fayemi has relaxed the lockdown placed on it’s residents to allow them to pursue their businesses from Mondays through Fridays from 6am to 8pm.

Fayemi, who stated this in a broadcast yesterday evening, added that public officers on Grade Level 8 and above are to resume for duty. Those on Grade Level 7 and below are to remain at home till further notice.

The governor stated that the new directives take effect from today, adding that consultations are underway to reopen religious worship centres, schools and big markets in the state.

He also stressed that the dusk-to-dawn curfew will resume daily at 8pm and will last till 5.59 am of the following morning.

The governor also announced that the state’s molecular laboratory will be commissioned today to facilitate testing for COVID-19.