Residents of Enugu State, NANS applaud closure of markets

Enugu residents and the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in the state have commended the Enugu North Council for closing the tomato section of Akwatta Market in Ogbete Main Market, describing the action as worthwhile.

They applauded the state government for closing markets in the state as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of coronavirus.

It would be recalled that Chairman of Enugu North Council, Emeka Onunze, on March 23, 2020, shut down the Akwatta Market, in response to the poor hygiene of the sub-section of the Ogbete Main Market and its environmental consequences on the health and wellbeing of the people, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A resident of New Haven, Chukwuemeka Okeke, said he was impressed that the state government took a “decisive decision to ensure that COVID-19 does not spread in this state.”

A trader at Abakpa Nike Market, Mrs. Ngozi Amanze, said, “I support the closure of the markets to save our people from the deadly coronavirus. Though it may not be easy, but people have to be alive to make money.”

Also speaking, State Chairman of NANS, Comrade Romanus Ogene, said the students were in support of precautionary measures being taken by the state government to contain COVID-19 in the state, including the closure of Akwatta Market.