₦airaland Forum

Beware of unsanitized shopping carts. Sanitized hands unknowingly end up on the handles of unsanitized shopping carts with loads of harmful viruses and bacteria.

https://www.nairaland.com/6895883/consumers-want-clean-shopping-carts

Shopping behavior has changed extremely over the years due to increasingly very busy lifestyles especially during this unfortunate period of COVID-19 and its variant, OMICRON. Whether it’s commuting, family obligations or school work, over one-third have less free time now compared with five years ago. Convenience comes with a cost and consumers are willing to pay it to have a convenient experience if it will save time, effort and less stress.

Retailers are consistently pushing out new innovations like the shopping center, online shopping, etc. Shopping center, also called shopping mall or shopping plaza is a convenience center containing independent retail stores, e.g. supermarket, etc. and services conceived, constructed and maintained by a management firm as a unit. There are so many reasons for the convenience that it offers to shoppers generally and also to its staff; availability of a wide range of items and services to choose from, flexibility in terms of space available, availability of parking areas, security and most importantly the control and prevention of the spread of the COVID-19 virus which has unfortunately affected the way we mingle and which spreads faster in crowded places, particularly indoors, like the shopping malls.

Billions of people walk through the supermarkets everyday because of the convenience that it offers among which is to safeguard them, their families and pets from infection. The question is; what are the safety measures in place, how are they enforced and how sufficient and reliable are they with the rapidly increasing number of shoppers that use the centers?
Here in Nigeria, a visit to most shopping centers reveal the application of the common measures according to the World Health Organization and the Nigerian Center for Disease Control like the wearing of a nose mask, control of body temperature and the disinfection of the hands before entry.

In May 2020, the World Health Organization released their regulations on the safety of food business from COVID-19 contamination. One of these rules is on how shopping carts or trolleys should be disinfected. ( https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/coronavirus-disease-covid-19-food-businesses). Are we complying with this rule? The answer is obviously no. Shoppers pick unsanitized carts, sanitize their hands at the entrance into the malls and finally walk in with their sanitized hands back on the unsanitized carts. Most of us touch our face, eyes and nostrils after touching unsanitized surfaces. Are Nigerians aware of the deposits of very harmful viruses and bacteria on these shopping carts and the fact that they can survive for 24 to 72 hours on different types of surfaces? Why is the World Health Organization emphasizing on disinfecting the carts?

The federal government recently warned, as reported in some national dailies (https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/11/omicron-covid-were-on-alert-dont-be-complacent-fg-warns/) against complacency in the wake of the discovery of the COVID-19 variant, OMICRON. The word is not complacency but the cumbersome nature of the World Health Organization safety precautions in disinfecting the carts with the use of sanitizers and paper towels. That is why at Hygienic Carts (https://hygieniccart.com/home), we are redefining safety and at the same time bridging the gap between vaccination and disinfection. We’ve taken into consideration the health of shoppers and staff first, cost, convenience and time. Our automatic disinfecting machines are very affordable, free-standing, require only a power supply socket for installation and rid shopping carts of 99.8% of harmful viruses and bacteria within 5 to 8 seconds when they are passed through them eliminating the stress of using paper towels and sanitizers and restoring more confidence at the entrance.
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Inside a seed lies millions of forests.
Inside the MIND of EACH Nigerian lies millions of GOOD and PRODUCTIVE IDEAS to improve our standard of living if put into activity.

The country is at the moment enjoying a VERY STABLE POLITY and that is a good platform to grow and nourish our ideas into maturity.

Every morning, I listen to the news on the TV or sometimes read from the tabloid with undivided interest and attention to follow up on government activities and I observe that Nigerians are still holding grudges against their leaders because of the failures of past governments.

This is our problem in this moment....OFFENCE.

WE NEED TO WAKE UP FROM THIS NIGHTMARE.
The current President, Muhammadu Buhari is TOTALLY DIFFERENT. He is MILITARILY HUMBLE.

He has the interest of the country and the citizens in his heart and that is the reason for his SELFLESS DETERMINATION TO RID( or at least reduce) NIGERIA OF CORRUPTION, CORRUPT LEADERS and the so called MONEY BAGS.

This is THE GREATEST SACRIFICE any LEADER (and we the FOLLOWERSHIP) can offer to Nigeria.

He NEITHER GIVES NOR RECEIVES BRIBE. There's NO SIGN OF AFFLUENCE IN HIM and ACCOUNTABILITY is his watchword irrespective of who you are.

There is NO RECORD of CORRUPTION in him. These are the GREATEST of all the QUALITIES of a good LEADER in Nigeria of today.

So, why are the majority of Nigerians STILL COMPLAINING? God has already ANSWERED OUR PRAYERS over the years for a GOOD LEADER WITH THESE QUALITIES.

The "SCREAMY" HEADLINES and other TWISTED INFORMATION against the administration of Muhammad Buhari are simply SPONSORED by the so-called "BIG MEN" within the rank and file of the public sector, private sector, political office holders both serving and retired and in some FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

We should remember that the 1929 global economic crisis which began in the US was as a result of SPECULATION. Wrong information about the "imminent collapse" of the stock market was disseminated and panicked withdrawal of money from the banks actually crippled the financial sector.

MOST of our DISTINGUISHED LAW MAKERS have become SO REBELLIOUS to the extent that they have abandoned the promises they made in their MANIFESTO and are now at LOGGERHEADS with themselves and the EXECUTIVE. Whose cause are they championing?

Democracy in Nigeria is meant to FOSTER UNITY, GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY.
The grave consequence of their actions is that government activities slow down and the already poor Nigerians suffer the more, important projects are neglected or abandoned while the lawmakers can afford to BUY THEIR COMFORT WITH THEIR MONEY.

We voted them in to CONTINUOUSLY "COLLABORATE" with Mr President to PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY, HONESTY and above all PRODUCTIVITY.

Mr President is always ensuring to PROMOTE STABILITY within the polity and the evidences of his performance are obvious.

OUR LAWMAKERS OWE NIGERIANS THIS DUTY.... to FIGHT CORRUPTION and they can only start this campaign by first REVIEWING THEIR RUNNING COST AGAIN. They should RIGHTSIZE NOW because the country cannot downsize them until their 4 years tenure is over.

MUHAMMADU BUHARI DON'T NEED TO GO DOWN ON HIS KNEES BEFORE THE LAWMAKERS TO MAKE THEM REALISE THIS. So why are the lawmakers avoiding this? They need to start with themselves.

£15,000(as annual minimum/ average wage) compared to £79,000 annual salary for UK Parliamentarians is relatively within reach. BUT NGN360,000 ( as new annual minimum wage) compared to NGN156 million( as yearly running cost) plus NGN8,4 million annual consolidated salary for our lawmakers is outrageous.
So, who are they representing?

DECENCY and TRANSPARENCY brings HONOUR, UNITY, PRODUCTIVITY and PROSPERITY.