By Tosin Olatokunbo
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state is currently caught in the middle of decision whether to bow to pressure from religious and business leaders to fully open the state for business, in the face of the rising number of COVID 19 infected persons in the state.
For instance, the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN has called on the state government to open churches while the religious institutions work on how to make their members observe the safety protocols against the global pandemic.
As this was going on, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, announced on Saturday, a spike of COVID 19 cases in the centre of Excellence, to 378 cases.
An exponential rise in the previous week number, Lagos has remained on top of the table and has now brought the tally to close to 10,000 cases across the country.
According to NDDC, Nigeria now has 553 new coronavirus infections with Lagos on the top of the tally and FCT following in tow with 52 cases.
The Centre also stated that 2,856 patients have already been discharged with 273 recorded.
The NDDC said “On the 30th of May 2020, 553 new confirmed cases and 12 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.
“Till date, 9,855 cases have been confirmed, 2,856 cases have been discharged and 273 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory”
The 15 states where new cases have been recorded, the centre said are “Lagos (378), FCT (52), Delta (23), Edo (22), Rivers (14), Ogun (13), Kaduna (12), Kano (9), Borno (7), Katsina (6), Jigawa (5), Oyo (5), Yobe (3), Plateau (3), Osun (1).”
Meanwhile, Ogun state governor, Dapo Abiodun has disclosed that all businesses will be opened from June 1.
The governor had earlier stated that his government is very concerned that the virus has spread to 16 out of the 20 local governments in the state.
