As the Ogun State government partially relaxes restrictions to allow SS3 students write WAEC exams and worship centres reopen from August 14, it has said that defaulters of the face masks law risk being jailed for six months.
Kunle Somorin, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor said in a statement that the enforcement of the face masks law by the police and other security agencies would begin from August 4.
“Since wearing of face masks in the public is now compulsory and the Governor has invoked powers conferred on him by regulation 7 of the Infectious Diseases (Emergency Prevention) Regulations No. 2 of 2020 (the Regulations), made pursuant to Section 33 of the Public Health Law of Ogun State (the Law), It has become compulsory by all persons in public to wear face masks as part of measures to prevent the rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19).
“Failure to do so is punishable by up to six months imprisonment under Regulation 8 of the Regulations and Section 68 of the Law.
“The State Government will not watch individuals endanger the lives of others; we will come up with new protocols that will be enforced by the task force and security agencies,” the statement read.
The Government also plans to deploy mobile courts where violators will be tried.
“…Tricycles and commercial buses that flout the directives on the number of passengers will also be impounded.
“If you have a shop and you continue to attend to people without masks, your shop will be closed down,” the government stated.
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