Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has warned that the gradual easing of the lockdown commencing in the state on Monday was not a license for all to flood the streets.

Sanwo-Olu, who gave the warning on Sunday while giving update on the management of COVID-19 in Lagos, said there would be zero tolerance against the flouting of safety directives by residents.

“The gradual easing of the lockdown which commences tomorrow is not a license for Lagosians to flood the streets. We are not going from zero to 100.

“I would caution that we still remain at home if we truly are able to continue to work remotely and away from the office. We should not be out unless it is absolutely necessary to be out.

“As I have always said, we are not in normal times, and these challenging times will very likely be with us for some time to come,” Sanwo-Olu said.

He said that the only way forward was the path of discipline and sacrifice; strict adherence to all directives and guidelines regarding personal hygiene, movement and public behaviour.

According to him, the gradual and controlled easing of the lockdown will last for six weeks, in three phases of two weeks each.

He said that the goal was to enable the state to achieve a balance between the protection of lives and the sustenance of livelihoods.

The governor said that following each phase, the Federal and State Governments would review the situation and further adjust the response.

He said that starting tomorrow, Monday, May 4, 2020, for the next two weeks, there would be a curfew across the state from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily.

According to him, all movements in and out of Lagos are prohibited, except for people carrying out essential services or transporting essential products such as agro-products, petroleum products, relief items, construction materials and registered courier services.

He said that all public servants in the entire Lagos State Public Service were to remain at home on Monday, May 4, 2020.

Sanwo-Olu said that from Tuesday, May 5, 2020, only critical staff on Grade Levels 15 and above, and who had also been specifically adjudged as critical staff by their Accounting Officers would be expected to go to work.

“Frontline workers across all levels are, however, expected to continue working.

“In the same vein, all staff of the local government and local council development area offices in the state are expected to remain at home at this time, unless directed by their LGA or LCDA chairmen.

“All open markets and stores will be allowed to operate on alternate days between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Markets and stores selling food items will open on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, while markets and stores selling all other items, excluding food, will open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

“Private sector companies and businesses will be permitted to operate within a limited framework.

“What this means is that any offices and businesses that choose to open are allowed to open only between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. daily, and must limit the number of staff on the business premises to no more than 60 per cent of full capacity at any point in time,” he said.

Sanwo-Olu encouraged companies to operate flexible systems such as combining a work-from-home policy with shifts for staff who had to be in the office.

He said that banks should offer a full complement of services to the public, manufacturing and construction companies to operate between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m, while such company that had to operate outside these hours must obtain a waiver from the Lagos State Government.

According to him, eateries and restaurants will be allowed to open between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m, but only for take-out and delivery services. No in-dining services will be permitted.

“All places of worship, formal or informal, are to remain closed from any form of assemblage or congregational services, until further notice.

“All schools, at primary, secondary and tertiary levels, remain physically closed.

“Private school proprietors and parents/guardians are encouraged to meaningful dialogue regarding the delivery of education through various online and digital channels, and very importantly, the cost implication of same.

“All recreational parks, spas, salons, public gyms, swimming pools and sporting facilities shall continue to remain closed until further notice.

“Hotels are to remain closed until further notice. However, those hotels being used by the state government to accommodate frontline medical personnel, as well as those hotels designated and being used as quarantine and isolation centres are wholly exempted from this directive.

“Any hotel that is not exempted from this directive, and is found to be open or operational will not only be sealed but will be prosecuted by the Lagos State Government,” he said.

Sanwo-Olu said that commercial/commuter operations within Lagos State shall be between the hours of 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. daily.

“This applies only to motor vehicles. All commercial motorcycle operations in Lagos State are hereby suspended until further notice.

“Tricycles operating in unrestricted areas must not carry more than two passengers per trip.

“All of the above directives and restrictions I have outlined must be underlined and accompanied by the following mandatory practices of the use of face-masks everywhere in public and strict adherence to personal hygiene practices.

“Nose and mouth must be covered when sneezing or coughing; hands must be washed or sanitised regularly; and no handshakes or hugs,” he said.

Sanwo-Olu said that the state government had launched whistleblower hotlines for full enforcement of compliance, adding that penalties and sanctions awaited anyone found contravening the directives.

”We are encouraging all Lagosians to be on the lookout for those who flout these orders and directives, and to report them to the Hotline, by calling or sending a text message to the following numbers: 09010513197 or 09010513198 or 09010513199.

“We will investigate all reports, and ensure that we take appropriate action. Penalties and sanctions will be accordingly meted out to all those found contravening the directives,” he said.

Meanwhile, while responding to questions from the media on patients getting reinfected, the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said that due to the nature of the virus, patients who had been discharged are advised to still observe self-isolation for 14 days, to avoid being reinfected.

“That has occurred in the past, where we had few people who turned negative and when we retest them, they turned positive for a few periods of time before they turned negative again.

“That is generally the nature of how this virus infection behaves. So, we advise them to still self isolate for the period of further 14 days when we discharged them, even though they are negative.

“They should refrain from excessive contacts with other people because we can’t keep them for a very long period of time,” Abayomi said.

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Let see what will happen in the next two week or 5 to 14 days

ThankGod say my work I can work from home
And office.

Chai some people are very wicked check the pics below guys

True talk. Covid has to go though.

When the bible said and i quote "go into the world and multiply"
it does not only mean having children

The situation of covid-19 in Lagos will skyrock rapidly when almost all Lagosians go out
Lagosians cannot observe those instructions

ONLY GOD CAN PROTECT

Okay... what do you want people to do?. To continue to stay at home while hungry abi?

The governor, Buhari and others like them should talk to themselves to stop gallivanting all over the world while they bring in all these viruses like the Covid-19 instead of warning legit businesses and hustlers from eating their daily bread.

I still dey my house without food. I have no place to go. Doing fasting without prayer. As technician, no customer will allow you to maintain electrical and power control in their home this time around.

adewumiopeyemi:
Let see what will happen in the next two week

flooding the streets will be an understatement..

Baba, people have flooded the streets already.

But I see the figures - confirmed cases and deaths going down instead of rising as some loooonatics have been predicting...

The sham lockdowns didn't work! They can't work!!

You ease lockdown you still dey complain that it’s not a license to flood the street.

You expect people to be sleeping while the lockdown is eased? Expect traffic gala and coke sellers etc to full the street

So what sud dey do na

I swear we as Nigerians are very barbaric

We were crying for the government to lift the Lock down, so we can hustle for daily bread
Government has done their part including pleading we adhere to simple instructions

Why is it so hard for people to comply to Social distancing, wearing Face mask etc??

Later when the cases explode they'll start blaming government

Lagos is just too mad an over populated city

Be deceiving yourself

Hope something terrible will not happen in the coming days.

Who will save Nigerians?

No nigerian is safe until every nigerian is safe.

We truly hope Lagosians and Nigerians listen.

CORONAVIRUS IS REAL!!!

This is coming from some of us @[color=#006600][/color],
that are first responders and at the fore front of it all.
God's able protection is all we pray for daily for everyone here.

Stay safe y'all!

this one that Tinubu is not saying anything about lockdown ease am beginning to suspect something.
could it be that all the Covid19 cases in lagos are from Tinubu?
I trust Nigerians, small time now they'll be fighting for Covid19 slot. as in, hello Sanwo olu , I have 5 slots ooo. calculate my money
just like seeking admission into university

By the time rain starts pouring heavily...many people will take cover in the nearest available shelter throwing social distancing out of the window...

Even vehicles will want to overload...

Streets they've flooded already abi which ones? hehe.. those Ghanaian undertakers are warming up already

Might be wrong but i think lagos state has a good governor.

Campaign after election

Tell them. Some may not even have anywhere they're going but will still troop out just to look. Lookers conglomerates. Mtchew.

Lol He should have said this when he first made the statement to ease the lockdown a bit.

Most Lagosians na goats. Dem no dey hear word

For where

Hes Joking

Let's stay safe guys

Story in lagos

People should just try to behave responsibly this period, by observing every necessary health guidelines. Stay safe to save others!

Corona never enter Nigeria I swear. When the thing enter, nobody will force you to stay at home

Yeh donnur warris about to hit y'all

Lagosians aren't really the patient type TBH.

As for me, I avoid crowded places and keep my distance