COVID-19: Rivers Govt Sets New Guidelines For Marriage, Burial Ceremonies

The Rivers State Executive Council has approved new guidelines for marriages during the Covid-19 period in the State.

State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim announced the Council’s decision while briefing newsmen at Government House Port Harcourt.

Paulinus said prospective couples would be required to apply to the State Governor through the Commissioner for Social Welfare and Rehabilitation.

“Such applications must be accompanied with information on the venue of the ceremony, names, addresses and phone numbers of attendees to make contact tracing easy if the need arises.

“Marriages would not have more than 50 attendees, including family members who must wear face masks and adhere strictly to
social distancing of not less than two

“While church weddings must be conducted between 9am and 12noon, traditional marriages would be conducted between 4pm and 7pm.

“Venues of marriages must have provisions for running water and soap at three points and the venue decontaminated after the event,” he said.

Pastor Nsirim said after wedding receptions are prohibited under the guidelines to reduce the risk of community transmission of COVID-19.

He added that violators of the guidelines would be made to pay a fine of 10 million Naira.

He also said those seeking to bury their loved ones would also be expected to include names, addresses and phone numbers of those to attend such funerals in their applications.

Pastor Nsirim said the government would not grant approval to any application without names, addresses and phone numbers.

The Rivers State Executive Council meeting was presided over by Governor Nyesom Wike.

source: https://dailypost.ng/2020/06/25/covid-19-rivers-govt-sets-new-guidelines-for-marriage-burial-ceremonies/

COVID-19 is real...Stay safe

Gradually everything will fall in place, even covid 19 will go back to where it came from

Lets support the Governments and follow all the guidelines, it is for our own good and it is just for a while we will start to live our normal life. Corona Virus is Real.

Meanwhile ,come and invest in Properties in Asaba, Asaba is Beautiful.

Nice one from Rivers...

I think 50 guests is still a large number

Why not 30. Well..lots of people will get married this time.. Y[quote author=AsabaPropertyAg post=91043393]Lets support the Governments follow all these guidelines, it is for our own good and it is just for a while we will start to live our normal life. Corona Virus is Real.

Meanwhile ,co
me and invest in Properties in Asaba, Asaba is Beautif

50 persons is reasonable depending on the hall. Nice one Wike

Reasonable
Wish people can just keep to this guideline.
For someone that hates crowd like me this is how simple life should be. Pandemic or no pandemic.

Good

Nah to take style reduce semo,fried rice be dat

With God all things are possible.

Wike is a scum, he lockdown Bonny island and Onne cos he needed money from Nigerian Liquidfied Natural Gas (NLNG) and other companies operating in the two areas.

Now that Shell and Total are paying him Port Harcourt is now free.

Wike means Evil

No be Naija.......just bribe the official and he will join the party........over looking all the rules and regulations.......all this ones na wash.

Ok

Nice one

So no food for weddings again

Fixed my traditional wedding ceremony for May 2nd, but the ban on gathering made us change the date... We had less than 20 people in attendance on June 7.. Those that were meant to travel from lagos joined us on Zoom and it was fun.... Me and my wife saved hundreds of thousands... This Covid-19 reset our brain sharply....

#Lalalash you are not serious,�‍♂️

Nice move[/quote]

Nackzy:
Gradually everything will fall in place, even covid 19 will go back to where it came from

Yeah, same way HIV, Ebola, Polio, Flu, etc have gone back.
When will we learn that these things never go away. We only have to find ways to contain and live with COVID, not be thinking it will just go away

isoright...
Meanwhile seems other sections are at rest...
only politics section making front page...

hmm, d govt gradually taking ova all affairs of mankind. which one is to include names, addrs n phone numbers of attendees? endtime in sight.

valentineuwakwe:


source: https://dailypost.ng/2020/06/25/covid-19-rivers-govt-sets-new-guidelines-for-marriage-burial-ceremonies/

Regardless of covid-19
Wedding should be restricted to marriage right of ....
1, bride price paying and not more than 20 people Max.
2, Court solemnisation
3, Alter solemnisation or Nikkai as the case may.
The state ministry shall give date for intending couple and in respect of which option they chose.

Nice