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PHOTO STORY: Is roadside food canteen safe?

As countries of the world continue to battle it out with global inflation and economic hardship, the daily struggles of people, especially in developing countries like Nigeria, usually catch attention for spotlighting.

Economic hardship: A woman in search of livelihood in a roadside waste dump in Apapa, Lagos.

For photographers like Sylvester Okoruwa, documenting moments by taking pictures is mostly out of curiosity, instigating conversations for social changes or telling inspiring stories of people defying all odds by wrestling with circumstances for survival.

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Out of curiosity, Sylvester Okoruwa believes documenting roadside canteen will drive conversation around the impacts of roadside food canteen on the healthy lives and livings of Nigerians.

Is street food safe?

Not just just that. Okoruwa also captured a woman daring economic hardship, searching for survival in a roadside waste dump in Apapa, Lagos.

Yes, Apapa Port Police Command needs to wear a new face. Okoruwa’s lenses caught the law enforcers’ haven in its deplorable state.

The deplorable state of Apapa Port Police Command Office in Lagos. Photo: Sylvester Okoruwa

Another important moment was that of Port Health Officers from the Federal Ministry of Health in action.

 

Port Health Officers from the Federal Ministry of Health sensitising food vendors along Apapa Wharf road during Operation Stay Clean and Live Healthy campaign on Thursday in Lagos. Photo: Sylvester Okoruwa

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