Sodiq Yusuf, a Nigerian rapper better known as CDQ, has
initiated a movement seeking to make property owners cut the rents of their
tenants amid the economic burden of the coronavirus outbreak.
Nigeria currently has 40 confirmed cases of the novel
COVID-19 across six states. Consequently, the federal government had initiated
a number of measures in a bid to prevent further spread of the disease in the
country.
Some of such measures include travel bans, shutdown of
educational institutions, postponement of events, and restriction on social
gatherings.
On Monday, the rapper took to his Instagram page to announce
that his family would be giving a three-month rent cut on their properties due
to the “unproductiveness” caused by COVID-19.
“In respect of the alarming widespread of coronavirus
(Covid-19), we the Yusuf family have decided to cut off 30% of your annual rent
for the year 2020,” he wrote.
“The 30% is equivalent to 3 months pay and it is solely
agreed on to cover up for the period of unproductiveness caused by this
epidemic.
“Please, stay indoors and adhere to all safety guidelines
from the government as we extend our love and well wishes to you during this
trying time.”
CDQ also urged fellow property owners to do the same, adding
that it’s only fair his likes be considerate amid the hardships that have
accompanied the coronavirus outbreak.
“We concluded on taking some burdens off the people that are
attached to the little properties we have control over in this temporal hard
time” the rapper explained.
“If there’s no productive activities happening with the
ongoing shut-down issues right now, there has to be a way we can be rational
and fair to ourselves to make life easy for our fellow humans.
“I’m actually posting this not as a show off but to commence
a movement that will probably influence everyone with good heart out there to
make life easy in this hard time for anyone under or attached to us somehow…”
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