Nigeria’s Lagos Archdiocese Resumes Weekday Public Liturgies after COVID-19 Measures Eased

The Prelate further says, "While we await clarifications from the State Government on the above and similar issues, we hereby direct that public weekday Masses and other religious activities should resume in all parishes within our Archdiocese." 

"As soon as we get needed clarifications, we shall revert," the Nigerian Archbishop assures the people of God in his pastoral jurisdiction. 

On September 19, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State announced that "Churches can now conduct their midweek services and mosques can open for the five times daily prayers."

The celebrations of Mass in public on Sundays were resumed in August in the Archdiocese of Lagos, a couple of months after the leadership of other States had allowed the resumption of public worship.

The suspension of the reopening of places of worship was attributed to the increase in cases of COVID-19 in the region. 

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Lagos State has remained the epicenter of the outbreak in the West African country with 18,982 out of the total 57,437 reported cases. 

In his message, the 61-year-old Archbishop reminds the people of God in his jurisdiction to adhere to the health and safety regulations, which were put in place to stem the spread of the disease. 

"We must also continue to encourage our people to keep to the regulations in their daily activities," Archbishop Adewale says and implores, “Let us continue to pray for an end to the spread of the deadly virus."

Magdalene Kahiu is a Kenyan journalist with passion in Church communication. She holds a Degree in Social Communications from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA). Currently, she works as a journalist for ACI Africa.