Ramadan: Customers lament hike in prices of commodities in Ilorin

Date: 2017-05-29

Following the takeoff of the 2017 Ramadan, customers in Ilorin have continued to lament the hike in prices of commodities in various markets in Kwara State.

National Pilot gathered during a market survey at the weekend that prices of some items especially food stuffs have skyrocketed as the Ramadan season set in. Some patrons, who spoke at the Mandate Market to this medium, lamented what they termed 'absurd increase.'

A customer Yusuf Fatimah said, "Market men and women are used to increasing the prices of food stuffs during this period and this is not supposed to be, although we all know the current economic recession but things should be done rightly."

Also, Oluwafikemi Falana said, "This is my first time of coming to the market since Ramadan started but so far the product has increased a bit"

For Peace Samuel, "Tomatoes has increased by 50 per cent. Before now, we used to buy it N50 per layer but the price has changed to N100 at the moment," she bemoaned.

However those who deal in buying and reselling of pepper and tomatoes said a basket of tomatoes which was formerly N10,000 before Ramadan is now being sold for N21,000.

Mrs. Adeyemo Abake said, In fact, I regretted coming to the market today because the price is frustrating. How can the same basket of tomatoes be N 21,000, instead of 10,000 we used to buy it before Ramadan."

Another retailer of the commodity, Mrs. Afusat Abdulrasaq disclosed that she will have to reduce the quantity per layer to resell the tomatoes.

Speaking with National Pilot, the chairperson of Fish Sellers Association at the market, Mrs. Fatimah Jamiu lamented low patronage of customers blaming the economic hardship for the situation, a development which has seen her reduced her prices.

However, a pepper seller at the market, Mallam Mansur Haruna said this is how we sell it, even during the Maolud Nabiyy, I sold a bag for N28,000 and now I sell for about N21,000. We all know there is no money out there but we are left with no choice."

At the Baboko market, some customers stated that the current increase in prices is not unconnected with the current economic recession.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Offa Grammer School     TESCOM     Erubu     Sulu Gambari     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Elections     Bayer AG     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Segun Ogunsola     Nurudeen Muhammed     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Bello Oyebanji     Doyin Group     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     Kazeem Gbolagade     Olushola Saraki     Jalala     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Okin Malt     Baba Issa Awoye     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Facemasks     Bursary     Shoprite     Barakat Community Secondary School     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Isapa     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Wahab Issa     Mamman Saba Jibril     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Afonja Descendants Union     Balogun-Ojomu     Babatunde Ajeigbe     COVID-19 Palliatives     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Laboratory-to-Product     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Minister     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Mukhtar Shagaya     Lanwa     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Amos Sayo     LAK Jimoh     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Magaji Are     Damilola Yusuf     Owo Arugbo     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Goodluck Jonathan     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Air Peace     Mohammed Saidu     Sanusi Abubakar     Ayekale     Share-Tsaragi     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Sabi     Revenue Court     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Ayedun     Just Law Forum     Akeem Olatunji    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ayo Opadokun     Harafat E. Mukadam     Jebba     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     United Nigeria Congress Party     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Durbar Festival     Bolaji Abdullahi     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Okeose Christian Cementary     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Rotimi Atere     Wahab Egbewole     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Ilorin Curfew     Al-Hikmah University     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Maigida     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Zainab Abass     Bureau Of Lands     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Inside Kwara     Bayo Onimago     Saba Jibril     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Yaman     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Aremu Odolaye     Abdulkarim Adisa     Shuaib Olarongbe     Suleiman Mora Omar     Labaeka     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Lola Ashiru     KWACOBPA     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Al-Adaby     Muhammed Abdullahi     Sherif Shagaya     Olatomiwa Williams     Vasolar Consortium     Just Event Online     Bola Sagaya     Sarah Jubril     Akanbi-Oke     Sebastine Obasi     Sunday Popo-Ola     Oladimeji Thompson     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Salihu Ajia     Bello Oyebanji     Bashirat Bola Bello     Kwara State Sports Commission     Sunday Fagbemi     Egbejila     Odolaye Aremu     Niyi Osundare     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Oke-Oyi     Unilorin     Baba Isale     Twitter     Mazars Consulting     Ballah     Quareeb Islamic Association     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Ben Duntoye     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Okanlawon Taiwo     Yahaya Seriki     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Muhammed Aliyu     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Maryam A. Garuba     Osuwa