(CNN)As the world experiences a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, tailors in Nigeria are responding by hand-making equipment like overalls and face masks.

Rising demand, panic buying, hoarding, and misuse have disrupted the global supply of PPE, according to the World Health Organization, putting lives at risk.
Now, tailors in Abia state, in the southeast of the country, are using local fabrics, cotton, and polypropylene to sew PPE for people looking to protect themselves.
With cases of Covid-19 rising in Nigeria, the Abia state government released a 12 million naira (about $31,000) grant to support tailors to make the protective gear.
The grant was disbursed to 100 selected tailors at the start of April to help them buy additional equipment, source materials and employ more people, according to Sam Hart, the director-general of the Abia State Marketing and Quality Management Agency.
Hart explained that the initial face mask samples were examined by a team of medical experts and that the gear is intended for citizens looking for protection, rather than for health workers.


So far, tailors in Aba, the state's commercial nerve center, have produced 200,000 face masks and 3,000 overalls, the agency said.
One of the tailors, Queen Duruibe, told CNN that the overalls she makes are waterproof and puncture-resistant, and are made from a polyamide fabric coated with protective materials.
Her face masks are made with cotton and polypropylene and are hypoallergenic, she said. She also produces decorative face masks made from a colorful print fabric, which aren't intended to protect from coronavirus.
Duruibe had been producing face masks since January but says she has now taken on more staff and converted her fashion store to make up to 10,000 masks per day.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/17/africa/hand-made-coronavirus-kits-nigeria-spc/index.html

Great Nation, great people ....Bad, evil, corrupt leaders...lion of Africa ...Nigeria.

Aba Japan of africa

Aba amaka

Igbo amaka

Good job from our people in Abia state. This and other initiatives should be sustained even after COVID 19 is over!!!




I AM DONE TALKING

Wiseandtrue:
There's nothing wrong, if the government supports, so that we can have enough and be able to export

This is diversification, it's also creating millionaires who will stop depending on government but supports government!!!

This is how a progressive economy is built!

They're waiting for oil to dry up !

They are doing well

Wiseandtrue:


as in, they are not thinking straight neither are they thinking on their feet! They are just too comfortable for my liking

our leaders are too obsessed with oil. Caused, it's easiest way to generate revenue . And it creat avenue for looting than other sector !

Who else noticed that a whole 12 million Naira is just 31 thousand dollars......what an economy.

gloriaunobi:
Igbo amaka

Chisom Gloria unobi the liar!

Awww