Indications emerged yesterday that prices of food items and other
materials used in containing the Coronavirus pandemic have risen, even
as Enugu residents asked the government to provide palliatives to
cushion effects of lockdown on their families and businesses.
The Guardian learnt that since the state government’s announcement of
its readiness to close all land borders into the state and shut markets
as from Tuesday (tomorrow), the development has induced panic buying
among the residents leading to sharp increases in prices.
Enugu currently has two confirmed cases of COVID-19, while no fewer
than 26 other persons that had so far been tested have been declared
negative.
In a statement yesterday, a non-governmental organisation, Global
Society for Anti-Corruption (GSAC) asked the government to end the
sudden hike in the prices of materials used by citizens in curbing the
spread of Coronavirus.
Its Country Director, Mrs. Amaka Nweke, said in the past weeks,
prices of face masks, sanitisers and hand gloves have tripled since the
virus index case was first reported in the country.
“While this inhuman act continues, prices of food and other
consumables have also skyrocketed in the market. It should be noted that
as the number of Coronavirus cases continue to rise in the country, the
disadvantaged and underserved are been exploited in the face of a
national lockdown, which might lead to severe hunger.
“It should also be noted that fear and hunger may lead many to sudden
death if proactive palliative measures are not put in place,” she said.
Nweke lamented that it was callous and sheer wickedness for some
traders to use every opportunity to the detriment of thousands of people
for their selfish interest and appealed that to the relevant regulatory
bodies and agency in the region to check the excesses of the traders in
these difficult times.
She urged residents especially those who deal on food items and other
materials used in the fight against COVID-19 to support government’s
efforts by refraining from hiking their prices unnecessarily.
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