The residents, including members of the Liberia Marketing Association who spoke in separate interviews with the Liberia News Agency at the weekend, said the decision was in the right direction because it would ensure the deadly virus is quickly contained.

Madam Korpo Flomo, a dry goods seller in the Red Light Market in Paynesville and John Sackie, advisor to the Superintendent of the market, admonished their compatriots to adhere to the State of Emergency because it is intended to save lives.

Both Flomo and Sackie pleaded with the government to pay civil servants for two to three months while they are waiting at home for the 90-day period of the State of Emergency to expire to enable them cater for their families.

Also speaking, Alieu Kamara, a commercial driver, who commutes between Monrovia and Gbarnga in Bong County, added that while the imposition is necessary, it would, however, hinder their operations, especially in areas that are quarantined by government.

 Kamara appealed to the government to formulate a program that would enable Liberians who are not employed by government to continue to feed their families while the battle against the Ebola virus rages.

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf declared a state of emergency on August 6 for 90 days as part of measures to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus that has claimed scores of lives in Liberia.

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