The Oluwo of Iwo land, Abdurasheed Akanbi has taken to his Instagram page to reveal one common way people spread the deadly pandemic, coronavirus.
According to him, “handling cash” can easily make one contract the virus…
He wrote:
“COVID, 19: Monitor Your Interaction with Money – Oluwo
Says One Could Easily Infected Through Legal Tender
Oluwo of Iwoland, HIM Oba (Dr.) Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has warned the world most especially Nigerians to exercise precautions in handling money.
Oluwo affirmed legal tender as the most commonly exchanged item and one of the prevalent means of contacting the deadly virus, imploring individual most especially traders to always use gloves while counting or exchanging naira notes.
As part of the enlightenment measures released by Oluwo through his press secretary, Alli Ibraheem, Oba Akanbi cautioned the world populace mostly Nigerians to desist from touching money barehands but instead with gloves and regular hand washing with sanitizer.
He established and condemned the attitude of salivating hands while counting money as barbaric, cautioned those culpable to desist in the interest of humanity. “Our interaction with money should be properly guided at this critical time. The dreaded corona virus could be easily gotten by touching money from an infected person. You don’t have to play with money at this critical time. If you must touch money for any transaction, ensure you use gloves or alternatively, watch your hands regularly. To be safer, it is strongly recommend you combine the two” “It is better to make electronic transaction at this critical moment but because some local traders are not electronically connected, we cautioned a careful interaction with money with guided measures” “For those who salivate their hands while counting money, it is not advisable as corona and other deadly infection could be easily transfered through such barbaric act. In your own interest and in of humanity, we tasked populace of the world at large to be careful in their interaction with money as part of the measure to contain and curtain further spread of the deadly corona virus” “And on no count must money touch your face. Always use your face mask, hand gloves and be in possession of sanitizer”. We pray to tell a good story soon as I wish the world a triumph fight against corona virus. “