Lagos issues strict guidelines for social events at Yuletide

Making the disclosure in a statement, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said all social events must be duly registered to obtain Event Safety Clearance from the Lagos State Safety Commission website.

“Guests and service providers with high temperature (above 37.5) are to be politely turned back and referred to paramedics or the emergency response team on ground. All guests and service providers at the event must wear a nose mask or face shield before entry. All guests and service providers must endeavor to wash their hands before entering the venue or use hand sanitisers after which temperature checks should be carried out. Hand sanitizers to be positioned at the entry point and different spots within the venue.”

Describing the development as “very worrisome”, he said the state is “currently working with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Police Force to investigate and bring to book the criminal gangs involved in this reprehensible activity”.

ON plan to mitigate the fourth wave of the pandemic, Sanwo-Olu said the state would increase the percentage of vaccinated residents from 1.6 per cent to 30 per cent within one year.

Sanwo-Olu also commiserated with Lagos residents who lost loved ones during the third wave of the pandemic. He regretted that the fourth wave was brought by non-adherence to laid down protocols and appealed to everyone to get vaccinated.