The Lagos State Government has fixed Thursday, April 9th 2020, for the next makeshift market in the state.

The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Gbolahan Lawal, who disclosed this on Tuesday said the Easter edition of the food market would be held in 27 selected public schools within 14 local government areas of the state.

The commissioner stated that the aim of setting up the makeshift markets was to grant the residents of the state access to food supply during the lockdown period and to prevent panic buying among the residents.

Lawal mentioned schools that had been turned into  makeshift markets to include St. Jude’s Primary School, Ilasamaja; Ilupeju Primary School, Town Planning Way, Illupeju; Papa Ajao Primary School all in the Mushin Local Government; Local Government Primary School, Idimu; Meiran Community Primary School, Meiran in the Alimosho Local Government Area; Sijuade Primary School, Ijesatedo; Lagos Progressive Primary School, Mbah Street, Surulere; Obele Secondary School, Lawanson; and Aguda Grammar School, Aguda.

Other schools were St. Theresa Roman Catholic Primary School, Epe; Awolowo Way, Oke Oyinbo, Epe; Anglican Primary School, Aradagun/Mosafejo Aworo/Ajido Road, Badagry; and the Government Technical College, Awolowo Way, Oke Ota-Ona, Ikorodu.

Lawal said the ministry alongside the state Ministry of Health had put in place safety guidelines at each of the neighbourhood food and agricultural markets, urging residents of the state to be responsible during the lockdown by acting positively so that transmission of the virus can be greatly curtailed.