Nigerian girl: No running water to wash hands during COVID-19 panic
- 4 years ago
JOS, NIGERIA—Nigeria’s president is rumored to be on a ventilator and Africa’s largest city is on lockdown, but the tomato seller in Jos is sick to death about losing her beefsteak beauties from Ta’agbe.
“I don’t know much about the virus,” Minke John told Zenger News. She normally sells tomatoes, green beans and cucumbers from an outdoor stand in Jos, the capital of Nigeria’s Plateau State.
“A friend from Jos told me not to go to the market last Friday, because there is virus coming to kill people. Now all the tomatoes got spoiled, and nobody is willing to buy from me,” Minke said.
“I spent 175,000 Naira [$414] to gain 15,000 Naira [$42], but I lost everything to something I don’t know much about,” Minke said in the shade of her vegetable stand, her eyes half-closed from fatigue. The widow usually earns $700 in a month.
Full Story: https://zenger.news/2020/04/01/there-is-virus-coming-to-kill-people-nigerians-scramble-against-covid-19-while-boko-haram-ambushes-army/
“I don’t know much about the virus,” Minke John told Zenger News. She normally sells tomatoes, green beans and cucumbers from an outdoor stand in Jos, the capital of Nigeria’s Plateau State.
“A friend from Jos told me not to go to the market last Friday, because there is virus coming to kill people. Now all the tomatoes got spoiled, and nobody is willing to buy from me,” Minke said.
“I spent 175,000 Naira [$414] to gain 15,000 Naira [$42], but I lost everything to something I don’t know much about,” Minke said in the shade of her vegetable stand, her eyes half-closed from fatigue. The widow usually earns $700 in a month.
Full Story: https://zenger.news/2020/04/01/there-is-virus-coming-to-kill-people-nigerians-scramble-against-covid-19-while-boko-haram-ambushes-army/