Tag: e commerce

A Lagos-based Development Economist, Adeola Seyi-Smith, has stressed the need for the federal and state governments to encourage e-Commerce and support online shopping among Nigerians, with the outbreak of the COVID-19. He, advised governments to encourage and promote online shopping among Nigerians, in order to stop the spread of Coronavirus. However, he faulted the recent decision by the federal government to shut down economic activities in some states of the country, as measures to stop the spread of virus. Reacting to Sunday’s nationwide broadcast of President Muhammadu Buhari, where the he ordered a total lockdown in the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos and Ogun states, Seyi-Smith Seyi-Smith said: “Hundreds of jobs have been wiped off like almost all the value chains inc...