While Covid-19 measures have been detrimental to millions around the world, workers in the informal sector have been particularly affected. Through their SSRC-funded research, Ademola Ajuwon and Grace Ajuwon investigated how lockdown measures intended to prevent the spread of Covid-19 harmed the livelihoods of informal traders in Ibadan, Nigeria. Having conducted various interviews with informal traders, the authors describe how the measures disrupted traders’ income and businesses, and they argue an effective response to the pandemic requires government assistance.
Grace A. Ajuwon
Grace A. Ajuwon is an academic librarian who has a master’s and doctoral degree in library and information studies from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. She is the Acting Medical Librarian (Acting Director) of the E. Latunde Odeku Medical Library, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan. Ajuwon provides reference and information services to patrons including undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, resident doctors, nurses and other allied health professionals and students in the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan. She also conducts training on online database searching (e.g., MEDLINE/PubMed) and the use of bibliographic management tools, including EndNote, Zotero, and Mendeley.
As an academic librarian, Ajuwon has published findings of her studies in peer review journals and presented papers at both national, regional, and international conferences. Her research focus is on access, retrieval and use of online health information resources, ICT use in libraries with special interest in training and utilization of internet health information resources. She is also an expert in Systematic review process, digitization of library resources, and development of institutional repositories. She was awarded the Commonwealth Professional Fellowship 2013, National Library of Medicine Associate Fellow, 2007–2008 and Cunningham Memorial International Fellowship in 2004.
As an academic librarian, Ajuwon has published findings of her studies in peer review journals and presented papers at both national, regional, and international conferences. Her research focus is on access, retrieval and use of online health information resources, ICT use in libraries with special interest in training and utilization of internet health information resources. She is also an expert in Systematic review process, digitization of library resources, and development of institutional repositories. She was awarded the Commonwealth Professional Fellowship 2013, National Library of Medicine Associate Fellow, 2007–2008 and Cunningham Memorial International Fellowship in 2004.