Sallah Ram: Sellers Complain Of Low Patronage In Lokoja
By Abubakar Suleman
Ram sellers in the state capital of kogi state, Lokoja, have cried out that they are facing low patronage ahead of Sallah festivities.
According to one of the ram sellers, Mallam Isa Ahmadu, said the business is no longer profitable as expected.
“I used to sell more than 50 rams per day but now, I hardly sell five in a day as buyers are lamenting over lack of money and hardship.
He said “Last year, the business was lucrative and better because people were buying rams,”
Another ram seller, Mallam Musa Idris told Nigerian Trend Newspaper in Okumi, Lokoja, the state capital, that the rate at which business is moving is very discouraging.
“This is the biggest Islamic celebration and Muslims are supposed to be happy but reverse is the case,” he noted.
He further stated that many people now are thinking of how to put food on the table for the families, lamenting that many people cannot even provide a square meal in a day.
He said, “Nigerians are dying of hunger and starvation and the government is busy calling on the people to be singing new National Anthem. Is it not somebody that is well fed that can sing?”
A resident of Lokoja and a businessman, Alhaji Kabiru Yakubu said he observed that the cost of ram has gone beyond the reach of the common man.
“The celebration is between me and Allah and not with anyone. Allah does not look at the money one spends in the celebration but Allah looks at man’s mind,” he said.
