Bleak Sallah As Transport Fare, Ram, Commodity Prices Skyrocketed

ram this year was slightly higher than the previous years due to the high cost of diesel and feeding by the sellers.

Adepoju said he couldn’t buy what he budgeted for when he got to Katsina where he went to buy the rams, adding that they (ram sellers) were already witnessing low patronage.

He said: “When we got to Katsina, the price of rams was too high and I had to buy the li le I could afford. The sellers were complaining about the cost of feeding the rams while the trailer drivers also increased their fees.” and stay back in Osogbo.

Alfa Abdullah Rahmon who claimed that he always travels to Abeokuta, Ogun State, to celebrate the Sallah with his parent every year, told the medium that he might not travel this year due to the high cost of transporta on.

“I don’t think I will be going with my family this year to celebrate with my parents. I will prefer to send the money to them and celebrate the fes val with my family here in Osogbo in the li le way I can afford.

“I have five children and if I am to travel with them and their mother to Abeokuta, we will spend about N40,000 with the current price of transportaon. That does not include clothes for the children and other li le things”, he stated.

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MUSLIMS around the world will on Wednesday, June 28, celebrate this year’s Eid El Ahda popularly known as Ileya fes val.

Muslim faithful in the State of Osun will also join others in celebra ng the day with family, friends and well-wishers.

But the hike in price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol due to the removal of fuel subsidy may hinder the celebra on, OSUN DEFENDER noted.

The astronomical increase in fuel pump price from N195 to N500, the medium gathered, may prevent some people from traveling to their various hometowns to celebrate the fes val.

Also, prices of rams, goats, foodstuff and pepper which are necessi es to celebrate the fes val have also increased.

OSUN DEFENDER gathered that the transport fare from Lagos to Osogbo at the me of filing this report was N5000 as against the N2500 before the fuel price hike.

Also, Abuja to Osogbo was N15,000, Abeokuta to Osogbo 6,000 while Ibadan to Osogbo was N2000.

A bag of rice and a keg of oil were sold for N34,000 and N31,500 respec vely.

The medium also learnt that a small basket of yoruba tomatoes was N22,000 as there was scarcity of northern tomatoes with a small bag of pepper sold for N10,000.

Also, a small bag of finger pepper was sold at the rate of N12,000.

The medium visited over the weekend some ram markets in Osogbo on Thursday and noted that the least price of ram was between N40,000 and N50,000 while big rams were sold between N150,000 to N250,000.

Small goats were sold between N30,000 and N35,000 with the bigger ones going for N70,000 to N90,000.

Speaking with the medium, a ram seller, Muideen Adepoju, said the price of

According to Rahmon, he will be spending almost N40,000 for transporta on with his family to Abeokuta and back to Osogbo, adding that he preferred sending the money to his parents