Gov Sanwo-Olu don Lift Ban On Event Centers for Lagos

Na the Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs. Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf yarn dis tori for a live Instagram session wey dem tag “Ensuring Effective Health Safety and Environment Management System in Hospitality Industry- Post COVID-19”.

She Say  before any event centers go get permission  to open for the state, they must meet the necessary requirements for the new introduced Register-to-Open initiative.

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“This depends on the size of the event hall, if it is going to one-fifth of the normal occupancy level of each venue, then that is fine but no matter how big the event hall, it cannot occupy more than 500 people at a time, that is what the guideline says.

“This is not about 20 individuals in a building now, what we are saying is that one can have at-most one-fifth of the capacity of the hall. If you have a large event hall that can accommodate as many as 5,000, the maximum one cannot exceed is more than 500 at a time.”

“We have global guidelines that deal with both social and religious centres but we have specific ones for certain categories.”