GMC leader Mai Ahmad Fatty has called for a reopening of mosques across the country.
Mr Fatty at a news conference on Kairaba Avenue on Wednesday said he had since Day 1 rejecting the idea.
“I have since the outset disagreed with the closure of mosque and still I’m re-stating I am not in agreement. Whatever one wants to say can say but that’s what I’m saying,” he said.
He then added: “The markets are filled with people, just go to the market. If you have a strong argument about people to socially distance to protect themselves, anyone who goes to the market today would know there is no justification for closing the mosques.
“If you go to the market, you can’t find a place to step your foot. There is no control, there is no restriction. So if that can happen… A place where people would be for seven, eight, nine hours and you have a mosque where one spends just five minutes…
“They could let people to wash their hands when entering the mosque, provide a little bit of distancing between people and people after five minutes return back to their houses. So they can do that.”
