COVID 19: Ekiti State Imposes Curfew

Commencing Monday 11th January 2021, the Ekiti state government has indicated in a statement posted on their Twitter handle (@ekitistategov) that there would be a curfew within the state from 8 pm to 6 am.

The commissioner for information and values orientation, Hon Akinbowale Omole, made the announcement on Sunday, January 10, in Ado Ekiti, the state capital.

Ekiti government on Sunday, January 10, imposed a curfew on the state.

Omole cited the alarming rate at which the second wave of COVID-19 is spreading as the reason for declaring a curfew.

Ekiti state governor, Kayode Fayemi, who is the chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, said state governors have experience in vaccination matters because they helped Nigeria with polio vaccines too.