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The shutdown of routine social and economic activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic is something most or better still no one in Nigeria had experienced. Nigeria, like many other countries, announced a lockdown in Lagos, Abuja, and Ogun states at the start of the pandemic to contain the spread. This public health response, known as the ‘cordon sanitaire’ employed in Wuhan, China where the outbreak was first reported simply means, no one enters or leaves the area. In the Nigerian epicentres of Lagos and Abuja, economic activities have been on