he Christian Association of Nigeria has urged the Nigerian Government to allow churches and mosques to reopen for worship.

CAN said since offices and markets could be reopened, the same privilege should be accorded religious institutions.

A spokesperson for CAN President, Pastor Bayo Oladeji, spoke with SaharaReporters on Coronavirus and religious institutions in Nigeria.

Oladeji said the church's role was critical to the solution being sought for the Coronavirus pandemic, noting that prayers were essential in the war against the virus.

CAN President
He said, “If we can re-open markets, banks; if the government can re-open their offices, if the Nigerian Port Authority can be opened since COVID-19 became a pandemic in Nigeria, it is very wrong to close the church.

“In the church, we have rules and regulations guiding the way we meet. Before they closed worship places, they advised that there should be sanitizers, water for people to wash their hands and social distancing should be observed. There is no church and mosques that are against that.

“In some states in this country where they relaxed the lockdown, they allow worship places to open. There are no facts and figures to prove that when they relaxed the order, the pandemic became uncontrollable. The closure of worship places has nothing to do with the spread of the pandemic.

“Let the government advise religious leaders to observe these rules. I don’t know of any religious group that would say no to it. If people go to church and mosques, they go to pray for God to give us a solution and intervene and you ask them not to go. We are calling on the government to reopen the churches and the mosques but let them follow regulations.

http://saharareporters.com/2020/05/20/covid-19-reopen-churches-mosques-now-can-tells-nigerian-government

Please o. Let everywhere be opened. What you are not afraid of cannot kill you. We are not afraid of Corona.

Ok

Are you people also a revenue generating institution? E be like say some pastors go collect half salary this month.

Why is Noone fighting for SCHOOLS, abi school na just scam as some people dey talk.

These people really miss milking gullible folks off their hard earned money....
Those places they mentioned are essential, unlike churches.
What good will come out from the church if it's opened?
Of what importance is the church during these times? ...
They didn't even talk about schools.
Shey na church people go chop?
You won't hear them talking about ideas that would be beneficial to the poor masses during this pandemic. They haven't really done much for the society in these hard times. All they're concerned about is the reopening of churches and tithes they've missed these past months.
Do Muslims have ten heads?
Why are the Muslims not complaining?

Religion is a huge problem in this country.