Following the relaxation of lockdown in Osun State, the state House of Assembly has mandated the use of face masks for all legislative workers and visitors.
This was contained in a statement made available to journalists on Tuesday by Kunle Alabi, the Chief Press Secretary to Speaker, Timothy Owoeye in Osogbo. He said the decision is to contain the spread of the deadly virus.
He said, “As we are all aware that the assembly has resumed fully for legislative activities with very few senior cadres of workers inspite of the ravaging coronavirus, this was borne out of the need to support the government in the fight against the pandemic.
“The lead agenda of the 7th assembly is quality legislation that will impact the lives of Osun people, in other to assuage the fear of people contracting the virus while we resumed, it has become imperative that everyone coming to the assembly must wear face mask. It is going to be, “No face mask, no entry”.
“It is the resolution of the assembly that if everybody wears a face mask, we will be mutually protecting each other. Wearing a face covering is just one additional step that we can take to stop the spread of the virus, but it is not a replacement for other important protective measures, such as washing hands and social distancing”.
