Eid-el-Kabir: Ram sellers record high patronage in Lokoja »

Less than three days to the celebration of Eid-el-Kabir, ram sellers within Lokoja metropolis are excited about high patronage.

A visit by our correspondent to a major ram markets in the metropolis on Thursday showed that there was large number of buyers in the markets.

Although few buyers that came to the market complained about the hike in price, but still were able to purchase because according to one of the buyers; there was enough money in circulation due to the recent payment of bulk salaries to civil servants in the state”.

InsideStory also reports that prices of the rams ranges between N35,000 and N200,000. Depending on the size.

A ram seller, Mohammed Yahaya Aliyu, said that he was able to sell more rams this year compared to 2018. He said that many of the rams we saw in the market were already bought and awaiting delivery to their various buyers.
“this is the third set of rams i have brought to the market in one month, many of the ones you see here are already paid for, awaiting delivery”.

He also attributed the bumper sales to the recent payment of salaries and thanked the government for paying when it did.

Another seller, Buhari Lokoja, said many of the buyers don’t even negotiate much before they pay up. “many of them don’t come with cash because they were unable to withdraw from the banks due to crowd. They don’t ‘price’ too much, they just do transfer to us and when we receive alert, we give them the rams”. He said.

Mr Saliu Adama, a civil servant in Kogi State, said that the prices of rams were on the high side, but he still had to buy because God has blessed them this season. He appreciated Governor Yahaya Bello for making things easy for civil servants this period.