Lagos approves the Reopening of Event Centres and Tourism Centres
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said event centres are free to operate with a suspension of the ban imposed on them as a containment measure of the ravaging COVID 19. This was disclosed by Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf during a live Instagram session on Sunday according to a report by insidemainland.com, an online news platform
She stated that they are at liberty to operate again only if they have registered with the state government through its newly introduced Register-to-Open platform. According to the commissioner, the registration initiative aims at certifying and guaranteeing the safety of the centres before they open their resume full commercial activities.
While responding to widespread opinions on the number of persons permitted within the business area, Akinbile-Yusuf, explained that “at-most one-fifth of the capacity of the centre should house not more than 500 persons”
In her words: “This depends on the size of the event hall, if it is going to one-fifth of the normal occupancy level of each venue, then that is fine but no matter how big the event hall, it cannot occupy more than 500 people at a time, that is what the guideline says.
“This is not about 20 individuals in a building now, what we are saying is that one can have at-most one-fifth of the capacity of the hall. If you have a large event hall that can accommodate as many as 5,000, the maximum one cannot exceed is more than 500 at a time.”
Akinbile-Yusuf added: “We have global guidelines that deal with both social and religious centres but we have specific ones for certain categories.”Recall that the Federal Government of Nigeria has in a swift response to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic,shut down Hospitality and Event centres regarded as major possible spread of the virus.
