Like a flock of birds that had been expecting freedom, many residents of Lagos State and the Federal Capital Territory trooped out of their homes on Monday after about six weeks of lockdown occasioned
by the coronavirus pandemic.
Another bank customer based in Abuja, Friday James, said he visited the bank on Monday to complain about a failed N100, 000 transaction during the lockdown. She said, “It was like I was detained all this while. I’m an extrovert and staying indoors is not my thing. Coming out again on Monday was a huge relief, which was however marred by the gridlock on the Third Mainland Bridge.“All the same, it feels good to be outdoors again and we all hope the COVID-19 pandemic would end and there would be total easing of the lockdown.”
However, in several pictures and videos that popped up on the Internet, they were seen defying the social distancing directive of the Federal Government. Also in the commercial city, many commercial transport workers and passengers were observed to have violated the social distancing directive even though some of them wore face masks. Many commuters were seen crowded at bus stops across the city.
A civil servant in Abuja, Collins Onoja, said he couldn’t help it but to visit the bank on Monday but had to turn back on sighting many customers who did not wear face masks and flouted the social distancing rule. As at Saturday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control had recorded 3,912 COVID-19 cases. While 679 patients had been discharged, 117 had died.
He said if the government had provided palliatives for everyone, directives such as social distancing would have been easier to obey.
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