Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has announced that business activities will resume fully in the state starting from Monday, June 1.
Mr Fayemi, who made this known via a state wide broadcast of Sunday, added that public officers on Grade Level 8 and above are to resume for duty on Monday.
“Since we declared this second wave of lockdown a month ago, partly, in consonance with national strategy to ban inter-state movement, we have made some appreciable progress which now makes a review of the existing regulations necessary.”
“In response to the challenges faced by the vulnerable segment of the society which depends on daily income to make a living, our government has distributed palliatives to thousands of households to cushion the economic effect that the lockdown must have caused them.
“It is something of pride to note that our template of palliative distribution has been widely adjudged the best and commended for its inclusive and transparent delivery to households. All of these, we have done to ease the pains that Ekiti people have borne while the fight against this virus lasts.”
According to him, Ekiti has recorded a total of 20 COVID-19 cases. 16 of these people have been successfully treated and discharged.
While the state only has two active cases, two patients have lost their lives to the virus.
“We have only two active cases left in our treatment and isolation centre. Unfortunately, we have lost two of the cases. So far, we have done about 300 contact tracing and tested well over 200 people.”
“Commencing from tomorrow, June 1, 2020, Ekiti people will now be able to go about their daily activities from Monday to Friday, 6 am to 8 pm in the evening.
For the avoidance of doubt, the dusk to dawn curfew will daily resume at 8 pm till 5: 59 am of the following morning.
Ekiti State public officers on Grade Level 8 and above are to resume for duty from June 1, 2020, while those on Level 7 and below are to remain at home for now.”
Mr Fayemi explained that existing restrictions on human and vehicular movement would continue to be observed in accordance with existing regulations contained in the Ekiti State Coronavirus Disease (Prevention of Infection), Regulations 2020.
Also, he restated that the state’s boundaries will remain on complete lockdown daily pending further review at national level.
“Government is considering reopening the major markets to permanent shop owners, after the outcome of the engagement process that is ongoing on the relocation of roadside traders to the available alternative markets being prepared for them. The reopening will be subject to compliance with specific conditions and protocols that are being determined.
Similarly, government appreciates the impact of the continued stay at home of our children, therefore, effort is ongoing to reopen the schools as soon as the committee set up to appraise the protocols, resources, conditions and modalities for reopening has concluded its work,” the statement read in parts.
