Not More Than 100 Congregants Can Worship At A Time – Prez Akufo-Addo Eases Restrictions On Churches

The president of the republic of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday enumerated measures to ease the restrictions on religious bodies in accomplishing their calls to their objects of worship and has disclosed that there would be forces to ensure the mandatory wearing of masks in the churches and mosques effective Friday 5th June, 2020.

In the president’s 10th address to the nation on updates to Ghana’s enhanced response to the coronavirus pandemic on sunday 31st May, 2020, H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo clearly stated that “Twenty-five percent (25%) attendance, with a maximum number of one hundred (100) congregants, can worship at a time in church or at the mosque, with a mandatory one metre rule of social distancing between congregants. In addition to the mandatory wearing of masks for all persons at all times in churches and mosques, a register of names and contact details of all worshippers and hand washing facilities and sanitisers must be provided, with a maximum duration of one (1) hour for each service”. 

He added that Religious institutions that are desirous of opening their premises to their members, such as churches, mosques and others, must disinfect, fumigate and put in place the requisite logistics needed to guarantee safe opening and operation. They must work with the designated, regulatory bodies and undertake test runs of the protocols outlined.

By: Nana Gyasi | Radio 1| Ghana