Ram sellers in Kaduna on Friday have expressed dismay over low sales, barely two days to the Eid-el-Kabir festival.
Major ram markets including Zango, Bachama road, Rigasa and others within Kaduna metropolis had recorded low patronage amidst availability of many rams.
Idris Saminaka, a livestock trader at Bachama Road market, told Newsmen that most of them had given up on their expectations of huge boom in rams’ sales.
Saminaka said he had sold only 15 out of the 80 rams he brought to Kaduna four weeks ago. He said prices of the animals ranged from N40, 000 to N100, 000.
Another ram dealer, Yakubu Danlasan, also blamed current economic situation amidst other responsibilities as responsible for the low sales being recorded.
According to him, some of the traders bought the rams from Niger Republic, Sokoto, Zamfara and Katsina States.
