Journalists, health workers as well as Farmers, were among those exempted from the movement restriction imposed by the Kwara State Government.
Others include hospital, banks and filling stations.
This disclosure was made known in a statement released by the spokesperson of the state COVID-19 technical committee.
“The Kwara State technical committee on COVID-19 hereby permits such farmers to do their job unhindered during the lockdown to the extent that they can identify themselves as legitimate farmers.
“Even then, they are not expected to violate any of the safety protocols in the course of doing so,” the statement added.
The statement urged all the enforcement agencies to grant free passage to such farmers after identification.
The statement added, “Previous waivers to manufacturing firms are still valid on the condition that they maintain social distancing and scale down their operations.
“Petrol stations, banks and hospitals are also exempted from the lockdown on the condition that all safety protocols are adhered to.
“Similarly, journalists are essential workers and should be given right of passage. Presentation of their work place identity cards duly issued by their organisations shall be enough to let them move around to do their work unhindered.
“This privilege shall apply to only all the media houses operating in the state. While reporters are known to operate in groups during developments like this, the committee urges them to maintain social distancing and other safety protocols at this time.
“We want to emphasize that all health workers remain exempted from this lockdown and should be granted free passage at all time once they present their work place identity cards.”