COVID-19: Re-Opening Of Businesses, Lagos Govt. Flags Off “Register-To-Open Initiative” {Register Now}

The Lagos State Safety Commission on Wednesday said that all is set for Religious and Social centers (Social Clubs, Event Centres, Restaurants, Bars, Night Clubs, Spas, Cinemas and Gyms) to commence their registration following a directive by the Lagos State Governor, His Excellency Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

It would be recalled that the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sunday, 17th day of May, 2020 had announced the decision of Lagos State Government to gradually open the economy in the midst of the pandemic through a Register-to-Open Initiative.

According to the Lagos State Governor:

“In the coming days, we will be starting what we call Register-to-Open, which means all players in the restaurant business, event centres, entertainment, malls and cinemas will go through a form of re-registration and space management.

“There is a regulation that will be introduced to supervise this move. We will be coming to their facilities to assess their level of readiness for a future opening.

“I don’t know when that opening will happen in the weeks ahead, but we want these businesses to begin to tune themselves to the reality of COVID-19 with respect to how their workspaces need to look like.”

However, the Governor added that there was no plan to absolutely reopen the economy.

Meanwhile, Mr. Lanre Mojola, the Director-General of Lagos State Safety Commission, has confirmed that the Commission has started the e-registration in view of the Register-To-Open initiative of the Lagos State Government, targeted at gradual reopening of the economy amidst the pandemic.

According to a statement signed by the DG, Safety Commission which was made available to TheNigeriaLawyer(TNL), it reads:

“Further to the directive of Mr Governor with respect to the Register to Open initiative of Lagos State Government, we hereby confirm that all Religious and Social centers(Social Clubs, Event Centres, Restaurants, Bars, Night Clubs, Spas, Cinemas and Gyms) within the State can commence the registration process on the designated portal: www.lasgsafetyreg.com immediately.”