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Domestic Impatience: The Social and Emotional Impact of COVID-19

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The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) usually hold a radio program with various invited guests on a wide range of topic including Sexual Gender Based Violence and emerging issues. On Tuesday 4th August, 2020, there was an episode anchored by Mr. Anthony D'Almeida and the guest was  Dr. Bright Oniovokukor the project director, Indomitable Youths Organization (IYO). Below were the flow of discussion:  Most certainly asking what the corona virus is will be most ridiculous as we have young infants who are already in the know on what COVID-19 entails but there has been a relapsed focus on the virus by average Nigerians as many seem to regard it as a hoax or some means of extorting money from the citizenry or international bodies by the Nigerian Government, what are your thoughts on this?   R: You are right especially when some persons now use the term, when COVID-19 was in Nigeria. However, this has been worsened by the way the issue has been handled by some government