ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY: UPGRADING TRADITIONAL MARKETS AS A STRATEGY TO PROMOTE COMPLIANCE WITH SAFETY PROTOCOLS OF, AND BEAT, COVID-19 HANDS-DOWN

Authors

  • Oyebanji Anthony Olajuyin Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5854-5797
  • Kehinde Sunday Oluwadiya Department of Surgery, Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
  • Ademola Busayo Olajuyin Department of Family Medicine, Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
  • Adebola Ayotomiwa Olajuyin Department of Obs-gynaecology, Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2622-4526
  • Femi Ojo Ogunboyo Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3107-3774
  • Oladele Simeon Olatunya Department of Paediatrics, Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2564-3064
  • Atilade Waheed Adegbiji Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
  • Toye Gabriel Olajide Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti/Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State,Nigeria https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8994-2699

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v9.i6.2021.4056

Keywords:

Traditional Market, Covid-19, Safety Protocols, Compliance, Upgrade

Abstract [English]

The traditional market has characteristic features that could make effectivecompliance with Covid-19 safety protocols in the market a difβicult task toaccomplish, thus, predisposing the market and the entire community to theresurgence of Covid-19 pandemic. This paper described the factors in the tra-ditional markets that could make effective compliance with Covid-19 safetyprotocols a mission impossible. The paper emphasizes the need to upgradethe traditional market as a strategy to eliminate those innate factors that mil-itate against effective compliance with Covid-19 safety protocols. The studywas a prospective, comparative analysis of compliance with Covid-19 safetyprotocols in the Traditional Markets (TM) and Modern Markets (MM) in EkitiState, Southwest Nigeria. The results showed that the traditional markets weremajorly the open-air types with propensity for overcrowding, clustering, row-diness and long business hours. The compliance scores across all the Covid-19safety protocols and especially physical distancing were very poor in the tra-ditional markets compared with the modern markets. This re-afβirms the exis-tence of anti-compliance factors of Covid-19 safety protocols in the traditionalmarkets. There is therefore the need to upgrade the traditional markets witha view to facilitate compliance with the Covid-19 safety protocols and subduethe resurgence of Covid-19 pandemic in Ekiti State, Southwest Nigeria.

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Published

2021-07-15

How to Cite

Olajuyin, O. A. ., Oluwadiya, K. S. ., Olajuyin, A. B. ., Olajuyin, A. A. ., Ogunboyo, F. O. ., Olatunya, O. S. ., Adegbiji, A. W. ., & Olajide, T. G. . (2021). ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY: UPGRADING TRADITIONAL MARKETS AS A STRATEGY TO PROMOTE COMPLIANCE WITH SAFETY PROTOCOLS OF, AND BEAT, COVID-19 HANDS-DOWN. International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH, 9(6), 341–348. https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v9.i6.2021.4056