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Kaduna, Aug. 18, 2012 (NAN) Some Muslim faithful in Kaduna are rushing to the markets to buy?ready-made wears for their children to celebrate the Sallah following disappointment by their tailors. ?
And from neighbouring?Kano, comes the report that the price of chicken has soared?because of the Sallah?festival.
Some?of?the?disappointed customers told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that the tailors had too much work such that they?could not deliver their services to customers?before the Eid-el-Fitr celebration.??
Hajia Hauwa Saliu, one of the buyers, said she?resorted to ready-made clothes?because her tailor?could not complete her children’s wears. ?
“The children would?not?accept any excuse. All they want is new cloth and nothing else.'' ??
Saliu said she had to?convince her?children to fast after promising them of?new wears of their?choice, yet ?the tailors disappointed her.??
Mallam Gambo Yufus of Unguwar Kanawa, ?said he resorted to ready-made wears?because his tailor had disappointed him. ?
He said his?children?preferred new clothes for Sallah celebrations to even?the meal. ??
Meanwhile, the price of chicken has soared in Kano?because of the Sallah?festival.
A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) check showed that locally bred chicken cost about N1,100 while broilers cost N1,400 and above.
The check also revealed that the price hike resulted from higher demand for the fowls, which were being preferred to prepare the meals for the Sallah.
Malama Nuriyya Saleh, a customer at the Wambai market, decried the sudden increase in the price of chicken which, she said, was inflated due to the Sallah festival.
Malam Mahe Salisu, a chicken seller at Sharada poultry market, said that the increase was not their fault.
He blamed the?situation on increased transportation costs, saying, “we also have to increase our prices to be able to make some profit.”?(NAN)
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