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COVID-19 30-Month Ban On Handshakes During Mass Suspended

COVID-19: 30-Month Ban On Handshakes During Mass Suspended

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, has directed that handshakes popularly known as β€˜Kiss of Peace’ should resume, during the celebration of mass after suspending the Eucharistic practice 30 months ago.

It also urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to do everything within their powers to ensure the technology was transparently deployed to increase the confidence of the people in the electoral process

The suspension followed the World Health Organisation’s declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic as a global health emergency in the year 2020.

The decision to lift the suspension was taken during proceedings of the just-concluded second …