VIDEO: Traders lament closure of Wuse market in Abuja

PREMIUM TIMES visited some markets in the two states in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak and their (markets’) subsequent closure and reports.

Pix: Utako market, insert Sahad, Wuse and Garki, Mile 12 markets, etc

One of the market women, who gave her as Nneka, told our reporter although the closure of the market was necessary, “government handling will likely expose the people to untold hardship and difficulties.”

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About Bassey Udo

Bassey Udo is PREMIUM TIMES' Business & Economy Editor. He has covered finance, energy, oil, gas & extractive industries for over a decade. He is a winner of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Journalism, and the Thomson Reuters Foundation (Wealth of Nations) Award for Business Reporting. Bassey is an alumnus of the U.S. International Visitors Leadership Programme. Twitter: @ba_udo

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