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SALLAH : BLEAK FESTIVE IN SIGHT



With just few days to Eid-el-Kabir festival,  ram sellers in Akure,the Ondo State Capital, are foreseeing   a dull  and low-key festivity over the  low sales  of rams and other materials as recorded so far.


At many ram selling points visited  in the state capital,  which include,Shasha Market, Ilesha garage  by Society Premium, saw the presence of many rams, yet to be sold  with just few days to sallah.




Alhaji Gabo Abdullahi, who sells his rams at Shasha market, said that the ram sellers had never had it so bad in the recent times. Abdullahi, who came from Kaduna  with rams, said he sold only five out of the 50 rams he brought to Akure since  two weeks ago.




In his words, "The economic situation has contributed greatly to the low patronage and is affecting even our pockets very much now .“There may still be hope, as the festival is few days  from now, we pray to make some sales beforehand then. As, returning the animals  will be a great loss to me because of the expenses involved,” he lamented.



Abdullahi informed  that the price of the animals ranges from N25, 000 to N120, 000. Another ram dealer, Baballe Yaro, also blamed  the current economic recession as the main factor responsible for the low sales recorded so far.



“The  current economic recession  has now become a threat not only to ram sellers, but also to  the entire business activities in Nigeria. “The Federal Government should do something urgently to address the suffering of the people . Although, many people are willi to buy rams for the festival, they cannot afford to do so, due to the prevailing economic situation in the country.’’



Yaro noted that the price may eventually crash as many traders would  prefer selling at low cost than  going back with the animals.



According to him, some of the traders bought the rams from as far Niger Republic, Sokoto, Zamfara and Katsina states. Adding that here is hope in the next few days before the celebration , if all civil servants and workers can be paid their salaries by the ondo state government  before Sallah,” he said.




A survey generally  in the market  show considerably a very deep hardship toll effects on the citizenry, and a bleak sallah,  apart from preparation for school resumption, parents, guardians  as well as the general  public are seriously complaining of the present economic hardships toll in the country,  as many homes find it difficult  to cater and  feed well.



The situation is a common phenomenon,  both from the public and private sectors, hinged on the fact of how the present  administration in the country is handling the economic policies of the country.



It will recalled that the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, had last week  declared  Friday September 1st , 2017, as Eid-el-Kabir day. Abubakar, who is the Chairman, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, made the declaration, following the sighting of the new moon of Zulhijja, on Tuesday last week.



In a statement signed by the Chairman, Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs to the Sokoto Sultanate Council, Prof. Sambo Junaidu, the monarch said Muslims in Nigeria would observe Friday, September 1, as Sallah day.










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