The State Government of Osun has reiterated that the second stint of the State-wide 14-day lockdown necessitated by the need to curb the spread of the COVID-19 in the State of Osun, is not a curfew but a total lockdown.
According to a statement signed and made available by Prince Wole Oyebamiji, secretary to the state government, ”this, by implication, means that the state government has not relaxed the order to accommodate human or vehicular movements at certain hours of the day during the period of the lockdown, as it considers defiance of this directive as civil disobedience.”
Also, the state government added that all borders still remain closed and interstate travels banned till further notice. ”All gatherings of any nature or density are not allowed. All functions and ceremonies, including burials, are put on hold. All markets remain closed, but traders are allowed to display their wares in front of their houses,” the statement reads.
The state government disclosed that it is not totally in the clear yet of the state of the raging disease, especially with more confirmed cases reported in adjoining states. Hence, its directive that the people stay at home in their own interest is a protective measure, while it warned that the State Emergency Regulation 202
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