ood items in the market due to the Easter season, a development traders blamed on armed banditry rocking the state.
Alhaji Mande Tanko, one of the major chicken dealers in Gusau market, blamed the hike on the insecurity situation in the state, saying that most of the professional farmers no longer participate in farming activities due to terror attacks rocking the entire state. According to him, all the chickens they are selling now were bought at a very high rate from the surviving villagers just to get something doing for a living.
He lamented that his fear was how his numerous customers could bear with him over the price hike more so in this festive season especially when the state workers would be having a bleak Easter as a result of not receiving their April salaries and allowances.
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