Agency educates traders on diseases

 Tokunbo Ogunsami

THE Director-General, Lagos State Safety Commission (LSSC), Mr. Lanre Mojola, has advised Lagosians to be safety conscious and protect themselves against diseases, especially Coronavirus.

He spoke at the weekend during his sensitisation visit to Kairo Market in Oshodi, Lagos on the need to be more health and safety conscious as regards the outbreak and possible spread of the deadly virus.

Mojola said Coronavirus is transmittable through coughing, sneezing and touching infected objects or persons and then touching one’s eyes, nose and mouth, adding that some of the symptoms include running nose, sore throat, fever, headache, shortness of breath and chest pain.

“We and our team are in this market to educate traders on the outbreak of the deadly Coronavirus and the preventive measures to take to curtail the outbreak. All of us know that only healthy citizens can transact business in this market, hence the need to come and tell you what our government expects from us. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu wants all of us to be healthy. We need to be hygienic too to remain healthy at all times,” he said.

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The director-general urged the residents to remain healthy and avoid contracting the disease and other diseases, adding that they should wash their hands after using the toilet, sneezing or coughing. He stressed the need for Lagosians to imbibe the habit of regular hand washing with soap and water as well as eating fruits to build immunity against Coronavirus.

Mojola advocated the use of hand sanitisers and keeping a safe distance from someone coughing or sneezing, saying people with any of the symptoms should desist from self-medication and report to the government hospitals for free medical check-up and treatment if required.

He said market sanitation was a critical factor in protecting the health of residents, adding that the government would ensure hygiene at markets in line with the Health and Environment component of the T.H.E.M.E.S. agenda of the current administration.

The LSSC boss hailed the good hygienic condition of Oshodi market.

He encouraged the traders to intensify their efforts at ensuring good hygienic situation at the market at all time, saying this would prevent diseases.