Nigeria eases COVID-19 restrictions with opening of mosques
Danjuma Abdullahi
Press TV, Abuja
For the first time in ten weeks, Muslim worshipers in Abuja the Nigerian capital got together in various mosques in the city to observe the Friday prayers.
This came after the government eased some of the restrictions it had put in place to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. Temperatures had to be taken in order to keep away those with fever.
Strict hygiene was also observed by every worshiper before proceeding to the mosque. The seating arrangement in the mosque is in compliance with social distancing guidelines provided by the government as a condition for opening all places of worship.
Meanwhile, all schools within and outside Abuja have remained closed for over ten weeks as part of the COVID-19 lock-down measures. Markets have also remained closed except for two days in a week when they are open for people to stock up on food and other supplies.
Nigeria’s airports have also remained shut suspending all domestic and international flights. So are other means of transport like the railways. Nigeria has recorded over eleven thousand five hundred confirmed cases of COVID-19, and more than three hundred people have so far died of the disease.
With the gradual easing of these restrictions, normal activities are expected to start picking up in many Nigerian cities. But experts still say that there will be tough times for the Nigerian economy especially with the fall in the global prices of crude oil.
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