Ram sellers in Kaduna on Friday expressed dismay over low sales, barely two days to the Eid-el-Kabir festival.
Major ram markets including Zango, Bachama road, Rigasa and others within Kaduna metropolis had recorded low patronage amidst availability of many rams.
Alhaji Idris Saminaka, a livestock trader at Bachama Road market, said that most of them had given up on their expectations of a huge boom in rams’ sales.
Saminaka said he had sold only 15 out of the 80 rams he brought to Kaduna four weeks ago.
“The economic situation has contributed to the low patronage and is affecting even our pockets.
“The hope we have is very small, as the festival is two days from now, we pray to make some sales before then to enable us go home with smiling faces.
“Returning the animals to Saminaka will be a great loss to me because of the expenses incurred transporting them and feeding them here in Kaduna,” he said.
Saminaka said prices of the animals ranged from N40,000 to N100,000.
Another ram dealer, Yakubu Danlasan, also blamed the current economic situation amidst other responsibilities as responsible for the low sales being recorded.
“The Naira doesn’t have much value now, the present economic situation has now become a factor to consider while spending money, people now spend money on what they can afford, it is not easy to us selling the rams and also the buyers.
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