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Covid-19: Ogbeogonogo Market Traders Breach Govt’s Order

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Deltans have continued to breach all COVID-19 precautionary protocols announced by Delta State Government at the Ogbeogonogo Ultramodern Market.

The state government’s COVID-19 regulations which took effect from April 20, 2020, read that, ‘’traders are all required to wear facemasks while carrying out their businesses’’ adding ‘’they must all adhere to social distancing and other sanitation protocols and modalities for operation.’’

Our correspondent gathered on Wednesday that social distancing, compulsory wearing of facemasks and the provision of water-stations at strategic points among other measures were not enforced as at press time.

Some of the traders, who spoke with News men, but preferred not to be mentioned in print, said that they felt uncomfortable with the masks as it tended to inhibit their breathing.

Reacting, the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the market , Mr. Christopher Ajufo, told reporters that ‘’the problem we are faced with is that most of the traders think this coronavirus is a fluke’’.

Ajufo said that the market authorities had been strict with the compulsory wearing of masks and gloves before transactions in the market but stressed that stiffer measure will have to be employed to deal with dissidents.

The Chairman attributed the seeming negligence of social distance to the unavailability of space in the market due to the ongoing construction of new structures around it, which had temporarily displaced some traders from their stores.

According to him, Oshimili South Local Government might consider reopening some of the provisional markets in some of the schools to ease the crowed Ogbeogonogo market.

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