The Rivers State Government has announced that another lockdown may be reimposed in the state from January 2021. This is due to the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the state.
Governor Nyesom Wike disclosed this in Ikwerre LGA, during the Thanksgiving church service in celebration of the 90th birthday of Mrs. Priscilla Nwanediye Mark.
The Governor who said another stringent measure will be announced this week, decried the failure of most religious and public organizations to enforce compliance with the directives of the government on COVID-19.
“When you go to some churches, they don’t wear mask. Go to market, they don’t wear mask. They believe COVID is not real. It’s not real because it has not happened to you; nobody had died whom you know. When somebody has died and the person was close to you, you will know that COVID is real,” he said.
“If you don’t comply, I have no choice, but to shut down the churches; Pentecostal, Catholic, Anglican. I have no choice, because when you have it, who spends the money? It is the state that treats. So, we need to use the money for some other things, but not for this,” Wike added.
