![]() ![]() ![]() In his speech, Buhari announced a series of measures aimed at relieving some of the economic pain including a three-month moratorium on government loan repayments. “How do I raise money now that I won’t be working for the next few days? Some of us will be forced to buy food on credit if we can find those willing to sell.” I have been thinking of what to do with the little money I have for two weeks,” Akintan told Al Jazeera. “Since January, I have not done much work so I have no savings. Now, the 56-year-old faces a two-week home quarantine without any income. Every day, Akintan commutes to different locations in the megacity in search of a job and only gets paid when he is hired by building contractors for the day. Olatunji Akintan, a bricklayer, and his wife, a petty trader, live in a two-room apartment with their two sons in Ojodu, a suburb of Lagos. Shop assistants wearing face masks to prevent against the spread of coronavirus take stock in a supermarket in Lagos īuhari said all branches of government have been mobilised “to confront what has now become both a health emergency and an economic crisis”, but the lockdown means additional financial pain for millions of informal labourers who rely heavily on their daily earnings to survive. I feel the sudden restriction will cause the price of commodities to increase,” Odumosu said. “I was expecting the government to give us a few days to sort out our domestic needs before the announcement. On Monday, residents in Lagos flooded markets and stores to buy food and other items.īose Odumosu, a mother of five, told Al Jazeera that she will use the next hours to stock up on food for her family. The announcement triggered panic among many in Lagos, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in the country which has so far infected 111 people and caused one death. “We will use this containment period to identify, trace and isolate all individuals that have come into contact with confirmed cases,” Buhari said. The restrictions announced do not apply to hospitals and stores selling essential items such as groceries and medicine. Oil-rich Rivers state and Kaduna state in the north earlier imposed similar lockdown measures. Abuja is the capital of the country and the seat of its government. Home to an estimated 20 million people, Lagos is Africa’s most populous city and Nigeria’s financial hub. All businesses and offices within these locations should be fully closed during this period,” Buhari said in an address to the nation. Travel to or from other states should be postponed. “All citizens in these areas are to stay in their homes. The lockdown in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun kicks in at 11pm local time (22:00 GMT) on Monday and will stay in place for at least two weeks, President Muhammadu Buhari announced on Sunday, a little over a month after Nigeria confirmed its first case. Nigeria implemented a sweeping quarantine for three major states that are home to almost 30 million people in a bid to slow the spread of the new coronavirus in Africa’s most populous country. ![]()
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