Kosubosu (NAN) – Bush meat sellers in Kosubosu Community in Kwara said on Tuesday that business was gradually picking up two months after the outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).
Some of the meat sellers, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kosubosu, said they had started enjoying patronage again, after customers deserted them because of fears of contracting the Ebola virus.
Some West African countries, including Nigeria recorded deaths at the peak of the Ebola disease crisis with the World Health Organisation (WHO) putting the number of deaths in the sub-region so far at about 2,793.
Fatimoh Ibrahim, a bush meat vendor at Kaiama Market in the Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara, said that the outbreak had serious negative impact on bush meat business.
She, however, expressed her delight that business was gradually picking up.
“Before the disease outbreak, we usually sold all the products daily but when Ebola came, we will wait endlessly for days for buyers,’’ she said.