COVID-19: FCT Minister bans Prayer at Eid Ground
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Bello, has banned Eid prayers at the National Eid prayer ground on the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Expressway, Airport Road.
The prohibition, Bello said, is due to the battle against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that is still ravaging some parts of the world.
The minister on Monday chaired a meeting of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and a delegation from the FCT League of Imams Initiative led by its Chairman, Dr Tajudeen Adigun and discussed measures on how to curb further spread of the pandemic and modalities of holding Eid prayers.
Based on presentations made by officials of the Health and Human Services Secretariat of the FCTA and the Implementation guidelines for Phased Restriction of Movem...