Entertainment joints in parts of Imo State are now counting their
financial loss, as people are no longer interested in consuming bush
meat.
Some of the owners of the joints, who made the lamentation while
assessing the effect of Ebola Virus scare on their business outfits.
"Since the nation's health officials advised Nigerians against the
consumption of bush meat, following the outbreak of Ebola disease, my
take home has become abysmally low", Oluchi, the owner of one eatery
in Owerri lamented.
Answering a question, Oluchi said that "the situation might be a
blessing in disguise, especially as I cannot use gloves to prepare all
the Igbo delicacies people come to enjoy in my place".
Meanwhile, people in Owerri are gradually learning to refuse handshake
from even their close friends and relations.
Confirming this in an interview, Mazi Damian Nze reasoned that " any
time the music changes, the dancing steps must ultimately change and
this is what is happening with the outbreak of the Ebola virus".
He however expressed fears that since Nigeria has not gone fully
cashless, currencies must continue to exchange hands.
"The nation has not fully gone cashless. The Naira notes must continue
to exchange hands. Body contact cannot be completely rules out as
scores of people must also go to the market everyday to buy their
needs", Nze said.
He appealed to government at all levels to take a more wholistic view
of the new problem facing the citizenry, adding that "Ebola is now
worse that HIV/AIDS".
Vanguard.
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