Some of
the ram sellers, who spoke in Dutse on Monday, described the situation as
disturbing.Malam Haruna Ibrahim, a ram seller, said that customers only
asked for the prices of the animals without buying them. Another
seller, Alhaji Ishaqu Adamu, expressed the fear that he would incur
loss if the situation did not change. Some window shoppers attributed the
situation to lack of money. Malam Sani Shehu, a civil servant, said he had
sampled the prices of the animals but had no cash to buy any for
the sacrifice. Shehu said he was waiting for October salary before he
could buy. Abdulmumuni Nda, another shopper, appealed to the government to
pay salaries to enable Muslims to buy the sacrificial rams. NAN reports
that a big size ram goes for N100,000, average
size, N60,000 and a small ram N35,000.The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji
Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, on Sunday declared Tuesday, Oct. 15, as El-el-Kabir
day. (NAN)
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