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Nigerians on Monday besieged banks to withdraw cash after the Federal Government unlocked restrictions in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states.
Thenewsguru.com, (TNG ) reports that after unlocking restrictions residents in Lagos and Abuja flooded banks apparently to cash money to cushion the effects of lockdown.
In Lagos, the coastal mega-city which was largely empty during the lockdown had returned to its wild ways- roads were busy with cars, buses and motorised tricycle taxis.
Faced with morning rain, people in the city’s Iyana Oworo district huddled under a bridge, ignoring social distancing rules, but most people wore masks.
In most banks in Kubwa, a satellite town of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT montiored by TNG, Policemen had to send back several residents who were not wearing face masks back to their homes.
Those who wore face masks were given free passage to their various locations in Kubwa.
But okada riders the fastest mode of transportation in the area were barred from operating on the major Gado Nasko road harbouring all the commercial banks in Kubwa.
Any okada rider that tries to cross the partially opened road block is arrested and his bike impounded immediately.
This development did not go down well with many passengers who complained that the restriction has been lifted.
At the Access bank branch in Kubwa well over 300 customers were seen outside the bank as the social distancing rule as enunciated in the covid-19 guideline was adequately in place.
But the bank had to introduce tally with numbers to control the customers entering the banking hall.
First Bank also on Gado Nasko road had a large crowd of customers that queued outside the bank waiting to carry out various bank transactions.
TNG however noticed that at First Bank tally numbers were not used to control the large crowd.
Lagos wild crowd shuns social distancing:
Commercial Banks in Lagos State on Monday witnessed very large turnout of customers flooding banking premises to carry out various transactions, checks have revealed.
A correspondent who visited few banks around Ikotun-Egbe, Ejigbo-Isolo and Okota axis of Lagos reports that the crowds at those facilities were enormous.
That made it difficult for people to maintain the two meters physical distancing as directed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
The customers also violated NCDC’s guidelines on mass gathering of not more than 20 people outside of a workplace.
At the Ikotun branches of Zenith Bank, Guarantee Trust Bank and Firstbank of Nigeria, the queues waiting to gain entrance into the banking halls were uncontrollable.
Customers took turns to get into the premises where they were administered hand sanitisers and their temperature checked before they were allowed entry into the banking halls.
Mrs Jane Akume, a trader, who complained about the time she had wasted waiting to get into her bank, prayed that she would be attended to before the bank closed.
Recall that the relaxation of restriction of movements was announced last week Monday but became effective this week Monday.
Nigeria has recorded 2,558 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus and 87 deaths since recording its first case at the end of February.