The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-olu, during a press briefing on Tuesday at State house, Marina, has announced a shut down of markets, stores in the state with effect from Thursday for one week at the first instance.
The Governor, however, pointed out that markets that sell essential commodities such as medical equipment, water, foodstuff will be exempted.
He said, “It is not a total lockdown, we still want people on essential services to go about their normal activities’.‘We are trying to de-centralize markets in Lagos. This is why we want to use some of our closed schools as markets, so people can buy food and medicine without going a long distance.
“It is only when you are alive that you can talk about economics and finance
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