Fear of Ebola Grips Lagos Markets

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="wrap" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #606569; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1078px;"> <div class="breadcrumbs" style="background: rgb(242, 242, 242); border: 0px; color: #8d97a1; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 14px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/lagos-street.jpg" itemprop="image" rel="prettyPhoto" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #19232d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Ebola spreads fear in Lagos markets"><img alt="lagos street" class="attachment-main-slider wp-post-image no-display appear" height="336" src="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/lagos-street-702x336.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Ebola spreads fear in Lagos markets" width="702" /></a></div> </div> <div class="main wrap cf" style="-webkit-transform: translate3d(0px, 0px, 0px); background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #606569; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 42px auto; padding: 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1078px;"> <div class="row" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px -25px; min-height: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="col-8 main-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px 25px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 752px;"> <article class="post-75750 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-cover" id="post-75750" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="post-container cf" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="post-content-right" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="post-content description" itemprop="articleBody" style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.857; margin: 0px 0px -1.857em; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; color: #3a4149; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.0769em; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">…As leaders send SOS to FG, Fashola</strong></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Across many markets in Lagos these days, the fear of the Ebola disease is the beginning of wis­dom. <span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.857;">Market leaders, as well as traders, are calling on the federal and state governments to check the movement of traders from West African countries who daily troop to the different markets in Lagos and other parts of the country for commercial activities. </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.857;">Many local markets across the country daily witness large volumes of trade with other African countries particularly, Nigeria’s West African neighbours.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> On a daily basis, hundreds of thousands of traders are drawn to the various markets in Nigeria from Benin Republic, Togo, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire and others, including Liberia and Sierra Leone, two countries where the Ebola virus is currently claiming hundreds of lives. <span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.857;">Many of such traders slip in and out of Nigeria through the country’s porous borders as well as the hundreds of illegal routes that lead in and out of the country.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> In Lagos State, for example, many markets that witness unprecedented volume of international commerce abound. It has been reported that about 10,000 visitors enter Lagos on daily basis. This is not to mention illegal migrants who sneak their ways and wares through illegal routes, including the forests. And a good number of these visitors come to trade in markets such as the Ojo-Alaba International Market in Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State, as well as at the Okokomaiko and Iyana-Iba markets reputed to be the hub for smuggled rice, vegetable oil and others.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Other such markets with international appeal in the state include the Articles Dealers Association (ADA) market located directly opposite the Trade Fair complex, Tejuosho market, Balogun Market and the Idumota market both on Lagos Island. <span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.857;">Sited within the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex is a cluster of international markets, chief among these are the International Centre For Commerce (ICC) or what is known as the Balogun Trade Fair market or the Balogun Business Association and the Auto Spare Parts and Machinery Dealers Association (ASPAMDA) market.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Within the Trade Fair complex, there are other markets, numbering about five, including the Mandilas market, Jewellery market, the African Tyre market and the African Auto Battery market.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> “With the deadly Ebola sweeping across West Africa, no one is sure if the health authorities – federal, state and even local government – are looking in the direction of these markets in terms of putting in place, safety measures to forestall any possible spread,” Mrs. Oge Anyanwu told the reporter.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> </div> </div> </div> </article></div> </div> </div> </div>

Fear of Ebola Grips Lagos Markets

…As leaders send SOS to FG, Fashola Across many markets in Lagos these days, the fear of the Ebola disease is the beginning of...

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