Prices of face masks, hand sanitisers, and gloves have increased by 300% following high demand by Abuja residents to protect themselves from Coronavirus.
The high demand for the items was prompted by the growing increase in the number of infected persons in the Federal Capital Territory.
For street hawkers trading in mask and hand gloves, their booming businesses are like mid-year Christmas and New Year season.
Owners of pharmaceutical stores and supermarkets are also exploiting the situation as they increase the prices of face masks, infrared thermometres, and hand sanitisers between 150% and 300%.
Already, some of them have ran out of stock as demand for the products have been unprecedented.
In some major markets in Abuja, lemon and other related fruits rumoured to be preventives against Coronavirus are now out of stocks due to the high demand.
Some Nigerians have called on well-meaning Nigerians to donate required items to Coronavirus centres in the country to support both the federal and state governments in the fight against the Coronavirus.
As at the time of this report, the Federal Capital Territory had recorded a total of 12 confirmed Coronavirus cases out of the 65 in the country.
