Explaining the situation, Samclaire said he was not the only one thrown into a financial mess by the COVID-19 and added that almost every Nigerian event and freelance photographers are facing a dare economic hardship thrown at them by the pandemic.
The situation isn’t any different for Catherine Uchenna, a wedding caterer who resides at Karu, Abuja. She said, “There is nobody in the wedding industry that was not hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact is so huge that it will take some of us more than 10 years to recover, I have sold properties and borrowed loans to survive the pandemic impact,”.Philip, a DJ, while speaking to MAWA, said it is untrue to think that after the lockdown has been lifted, normalcy will return to the wedding industry.
Janet Chimaobi, who operates a bridal store in Ikeja, Lagos, spoke to MAWA via a telephone conversation and said the impact of COVID-19 on the wedding industry is so huge. Mr Omanya told the MAWA team that he is not an exception while pointing out that many of his colleagues who were making a good profit selling Aso-Ebi were pushed out of business during the lockdown.