The National Orientation Agency has stated that the widespread looting of warehouses across the country will have negative effects on the economy.
The federal agency in series of tweets shared on Monday October 26, appealed for calm in the country.
The NOA who urged Nigerians to be patriotic, averred that
hurting businesses will traumatize owners with attendant negative effects on
nation’s fragile economy.
The tweets read;
STOP LOOTING!!!
#EndSARS protesters could not have envisaged looting of this
magnitude, an act completely different from genuine agitations/demands of
lawful protesters. Hurting businesses will traumatize owners with attendant
negative effects on nation's fragile economy
#COVID19 has affected the world economy beyond imagination
of which #Nigeria is no exemption. Economy is in need of a quick restart, and
any impediment can slow down economic recovery efforts. Looting businesses is
an impediment to an already strained economy.
Quite number of both public and private buildings have been
vandalised and looted resulting in loss of unimaginable amount of money.
We sympathise with business owners whose investments have been touched by vandals and looters.
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