Nigeria, May 20 -- The Kano State Council of Ulamas on Wednesday expressed its opposition to the decision by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje to allow mosques and churches to resume congregational prayers in the state.

The Islamic clerics said the decision risks increasing the rate of infections in a state which has more cases than any other except Lagos.

Speaking on BBC Hausa Service, the head of the council, Ibrahim Khalil, said the government should have considered the continued spread of the virus in the state in its decision.

Mr Khalil said had the government consulted with the Council of Ulamas, it would have told it to give priority to the health of the people.

PREMIUM TIMES had reported how Mr Ganduje had announced the lifting of th...