Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki, the Governor of Edo State, has declared that beginning in the second week of September, all residents of the state will be required to show their COVID-19 immunization cards before entering public areas.
As promised, Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has taken action to ban civil servants who have not yet been immunized against COVID-19 from working. Following Obaseki’s announcement in the second week of September, Residents in the state will be compelled to produce their COVID-19 immunization cards before entering public areas.
As a result of the government’s threat, a group filed a lawsuit to prevent the government from carrying it out. Governor Obaseki, despite considerable opposition to the new program, has refused to change course.
Benin, the state capital, was surrounded by health officials and security forces implementing the order as Obaseki became the state’s first governor to enforce the policy. According to a source, the majority of EdoJobs employees refused to take the COVID-19 vaccine, resulting in the company’s closure. In the Government House, the EdoJobs office appears to be the emptiest of all the government offices that our reporter has seen.
According to Osamwonyi Irowa, Edo State’s Permanent Secretary for the State’s Ministry of Health, effective today, September 15, 2021, the government will begin enforcing the “no vaccination card means no access to public places” policy.
Everyone who hasn’t taken the COVID-19 vaccine, according to Irowa, will be prevented from entering public venues. This regulation will be enforced across the state’s 18 Local Government Areas, according to Irowa. Below are pictures of empty office areas after he made the non-vaccinated staff leave.