Ilorin ram sellers lament low patronage

Date: 2021-07-16

Barely few days to Eid-el-Kabir celebration, ram sellers of rams are lamenting low patronage in several parts of Ilorin, the Kwara capital.

A NAN correspondent who visited some ram markets in various parts of the Ilorin on Thursday reports that several ram sellers complained of low patronage.

There were large numbers of various sizes of rams, an important item for the celebration, in all the markets visited, waiting for prospective buyers.

Markets visited included Ipata cattle market, ram market at Mandate ultramodern market, Adeta ram market, Ode Alfa-Nda ram market, and Zango ram market.

Prices of rams were similar in almost all the markets as the smallest rams were sold between N35,000 and N40,000 while the biggest rams were from N100,000 to N150,000.

Alhaji Abdullahi Olufadi, a ram seller at Ipata cattle market, told NAN that sellers were facing low patronage despite the fact that Eid-el-Kabir was a few days away.

Olufadi attributed the situation to the poor economic situation in the country.

"By now we are supposed to be recording fantastic sales but buyers trickle in like one or two persons buying one while some cannot afford the price," he said.

A legal practitioner and potential buyer, Mr Tunde Olumoh who spoke with NAN said he had not bought his own ram yet due to the non-availability of funds.

NAN

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Idowu Laro     Ogbondoroko     Yusuf Mubarak     JAMB     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Seun Bolaji     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Moses Rahman Popoola     Ademola Kiyesola     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Kolawole Bashirat     A.O. Belgore     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Folaranmi Aro     Bilikis Oladimeji     Alfa Yahaya Road     Unilorin     Aliyu Sabi     Public Holiday     Paul Odama     Yusuf Ali     Alliance For Democracy     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Sambo Murtala     CCB     Mohammed Halidu     Mahmud Ajeigbe     General Hospital     Smart School     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Jelili Yusuf     Manzuma     Simeon Sayomi     Bello Abubakar     Okala Baba     Convocation Ceremonies     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Pategi     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Muhammad Yahya     Fatai Olodo     Mohammed Haruna     Lanre Issa Onilu     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Amos Sayo     Biliaminu Aliu     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Olatinwo     Olatunde Jare     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Ibrahim Labaika     Bamidele Aluko     Oyelere Oyinloye     Shagari     Lai Mohammed     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Col. Adedipe     CT Ayeni     Obayomi Azeez     Iponrin     Sodiya     Oju Ekun Sarumi     EndSARS    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Olaoye B. Felix     Kolawole Bashirat     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Abdulazeez Arowona     KWSIEC     QuickWin     Emir Of Shonga     Elelu     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Sheikh Ariyibi     Alapansapa     Idowu Laro     Ilorin Emirate     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Agbarere     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Kayode Ibrahim     Binta Abubakar Mora     Ogbondoroko     Convocation Ceremonies     Gwanara     Ganiyu Abolarin     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     KWASSIP     Ballah     Adegoke Bamidele     New Model Police Station     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Borgu     AGF Abdulrazaq     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Umaru Saro     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Isiaka Yusuf     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Computer Based Test     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Aisha Gobir     Lateef Fagbemi     Hassan Saliu     2023 Elections     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Damilola Yusuf     Olatunde Olukoya     Yusuf Badmus     ITP     Isiaka Gold     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Olabode George Towoju     Isiaka Danmeromu     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Tosin Saraki     Kwara State Governor     Adamu Attah     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Kazeem Oladepo     Alaiye     Law School Scholarship     Adebara     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Muhammed Abdullahi     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Gobir     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Mohammed Halidu     Okanlawon Taiwo     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Timothy Akangbe     Salami Adekunle     Ibrahim Taiwo