Residents of Daura in Katsina State on Tuesday said the lockdown of the town had worsened hunger among them.

The residents, who spoke to one of our correspondents, said they could not raise money to buy food.

A lawyer, Ado Lalu said,

“Many of us were unprepared for the lockdown. There is no money to stockpile food at home. So, some of us who are daily paid workers now have to rely on friends and neighbours to survive.

“While we acknowledge the fact that the lockdown is for the sake of our health, I wish to appeal to authorities concerned to consider the plight of the poor and that of the old.”

Another resident, Mallam Lawan Usman also appealed to the government to come up with palliative measures that would alleviate the sufferings of the poor and the old in the town.

The state Governor, Aminu Masari, had last Friday ordered total lockdown of the Daura Local Government Area after two people, who came in contact with the index case in the state tested positive.

The index case, Dr Aliyu Yakub, who was a medical practitioner in Daura, had died of COVID-19 two weeks ago.