Nigeria's announcement to impose a 14-day lockdown on sub-Saharan Africa's biggest city of Lagos triggered a last-minute rush as people hurried to stock up on food and other supplies. More here:
LAGOS - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s announcement imposing a 14-day lockdown on sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest city triggered a last-minute rush on Monday as people hurried to stock up on food and other supplies.
“Everything is expensive, may God help us,” said Jimoh Kolawole at the Oyingbo market on Lagos Island. “It’s not easy at all, even to buy one week’s food, talk less of two weeks,” said Omolara Adejokun, an evangelist who lives off donations from her preaching.Traffic jam is seen while a woman walks on a bridge, as the authorities try to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease in Abuja, Nigeria March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi SotundeHer home is a one-storey compound shared with about 20 other families, each with one room. A wooden board divides Adejokun’s house into a bedroom and parlor.
Buhari’s edict has left people from various backgrounds confused. While he ordered movement to cease, he allowed food retailers, medical facilities and some other businesses to remain open.In Lagos, drinking water vendors were not sure if they could operate. Farmers who deliver food to apartments and homes said they were not registered as companies so might not be exempt.
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