By Landing Colley
Some Gambians have expressed dissatisfaction on the government imposed night curfew meant to control the movement of people at night to curtail the spread of the coronavirus.
In their reactions, some have described it ‘useless’ saying it is causing serious economic losses on businesses and as well debar free movement.
Kamadi Daffeh expressed that “this night curfew is useless because people are more engage at the daytime than the night, and it has serious effect on people and businesses.”
“During daytime the markets and the ferry terminals are congested with people. Government needs to address that first to stop the spread of the coronavirus before imposing such a long-lasting night curfew,’ he said.
He said People are tired of the curfew together with the state of emergency, as people need to go out to look for food for their families. “The president is provided with everything he needs with his family, but the civilians are bearing the pain,” he claimed
Kamadi therefore appealed to the government to scrap the ongoing night curfew for good.
Isatou Jallow, a businesswoman said “extending the 21 days has no use because it has affected our businesses.”
He urged the government not to further extend it again when the ongoing one is due.
According to her, since the start of the night curfew it took her over four days to sell ten kilos of Banana and sometimes, they get spoiled.
But Ansu Jammeh said despite that the curfew has help to minimized crime to a greater rate in Serrekunda still “it has affected the night food vendors because it is at night we sell food to earn our income.”
