Amidst economic bites, northern traders have decried the federal and state governments’ failure to extend any form of palliative to them in view of the lockdown order imposed on many northern states to tame the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. The Deputy National President of Traders Association of Nigeria in charge of 19 northern states, Mohammed Ibrahim 86, said the situation has subjected many northern traders into unfathomable hardship. Ibrahim 86 said, 70 percent of our...

In the wake of the novel coronavirus, director-general of the World Health Organization had earlier warned that lockdown to limit COVID-19 transmission has ‘unintended consequences for the poorest’ and ‘most vulnerable, and hence he pleads:” Countries are asking people to stay home and shutting down population movement to limit COVID19 transmission. “These steps can have unintended consequences for the poorest and most vulnerable. I call on countries to ensure these populations have food and life...