*Says Ogbete is 8am – 2pm
From Maurice Okafor, Enugu
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, in a broadcast reeled out the precautionary measures put in place to contain the spread of Coronavirus Disease.
Ugwuanyi who expressed profound gratitude to Ndi Enugu for “their unflinching support and loyalty” directed that all markets in the state, except Ogbete Main Market, Enugu, are to open for business between 7am and 4pm only, with effect from Monday, May 11.
The governor, however, pointed out that “it is important to emphasize that all previous measures and regulations put in place by the state government remain in force”.
He explained that the decision to regulate the operational time of the markets, was to enable affected traders arrive their homes ahead of the Federal Government’s 8pm to 6am curfew.
Gov. Ugwuanyi who observed that markets in the state now operate beyond the time allowed by the measures and regulations put in place to contain the pandemic, maintained that the Ogbete Main Market, Enugu, will continue to operate strictly in accordance with the earlier directives on the partial and guided reopening of the market.
The guideline as it relates to Ogbete includes: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, between 8am and 2pm, for pharmaceutical dealers, provisions/consumer goods sellers and restaurants operators.
Tuesdays and Thursdays are reserved for wholesale food dealers between 8am and 2pm.
Gov. Ugwuanyi, further encouraged the people “to continue to abide by all the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) protocol including the use face masks/ covering in public, maintaining of social/physical distancing and high level of personal hygiene”.
