Less than twenty-four hours to Eid-el-Kabir celebrations, the Muslim faithful have started trooping to major markets in Ibadan to purchase items
Our correspondent reports that markets such as Old and New Gbagi, Bodija, Agbeni, Ogupa, Aleshinloye, Orita-Meta and Oja Oba witnessed a beehive of activities with customers who were buying items such as clothes, shoes, bags, food items and condiments.
In an interview, two of the traders, Mr Emeka Eze and Mr Micheal Edet said
sales were not encouraging as the crowd in the market did not justify the number of items being purchased.
Others traders believed that some people were in the market to steal phones and other valuables.
A 30kg bag of rice was sold for 29000 naira at Bodija Market, and 30000 naira at Orita Merin as against 28000 naira in June.
At Agbeni Market, a 25 kg of vegetable oil was 35000 naira, a 5kg of the same product, 6800 naira while at Orita Merin, 5 litres of palm oil was between 4000 and 6500 naira depending on the brand.
A basket of tomatoes was between 3000 and 4000 naira while a big bag of onions which was 14000 naira in June sold for 20000 naira, and a big ram that was 120000 naira last month now cost between 50000 naira and 350000 naira.
The ram sellers said that only Hausa traders could travel this year to purchase rams because of the security situation in the northern part of the country.
The traders explained that the rise in the cost of the products was as a result of the high cost of transportation.
They appealed to government to make fuel and diesel available in order to reduce the cost of transportation and by extension the cost of food items.
Lilian Ibomor
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