Coronavirus: Lagos goment rules on facemask and social distancing and how e affect you
As goment done relax plenti of di Covid 19 lockdown rules across dio kontri, pipo dey wonder which rules and regulations still dey in place.
For Lagos South West Nigeria, goment don relax most of di rules as di number of coronavirus cases dey come down. But di rules around social distancing for public and di use of facemask still dey ground kampe. Wetin be di rules? No face mask no service Goment say anybodi wey dey enta public space must to wear face mask. Dis also mean say if you no wear face mask make drivers no gree make you enta dia car, make companies, schools, worship centres and banks no allow you enter dia premises. Even wen pesin dey enta motor im suppose wear face mask. Social distance Goment say make pipo dey maintain social distance for public space and for social gatherings including burials and even inside public transport. Pipo suppose stay 2meters away from each other. Goment also direct schools, worship centres, markets and companies to install hand washing equipments for dia domot for anybodi wey wan enta dia. Also, to carri more dan two pipo for back seat of small cars na offense and buses must carri only 60 percent of dia usual capacity in oda to maintain social distance. Curfew still dey Na offense to drive or move around for night as di 10pm to 4am lockdown curfew dey in effect. Wetin be di penalty for breaking di rules? If pesin break any of these rules, im dey at risk of arrest by enforcement agencies. Security agencies wey get goment approval to enforce di oda na Police, LASTMA. KAI, Lagos Neigbourhood watch, VIS and even ordinary citizen get right to ensure say pesin wey no wear face mask no fit enta dia car or enta dia business premises. Although no written law show wetin be di punishment for breaking di rules according to di Lagos Commissioner for information Gbenga Omotoso. Some of di enforcement agencies like di Lagos State Traffic Management Agency LASTMA say dem dey fine defaulters 20,000 Naira for each offense. Govnor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for one of him public briefing tok say im don permit enforcement agencies to impound vehicles of pipo wey break di social distancing order. Lagos goment bin release directives for May 4 2020 as dem dey try relax lockdown wey dem put in place sake of Covid 19. Dem add wearing of face mask and maintaining of social distance plus washing of hand regularly as strategy to reduce spread of covid 19.