By Hauwa Ibrahim
Some residents of Dutse in Jigawa have decried rising price of ram and other sacrificial animals for the Eid-el-Kabir celebration.
They said the trend would not allow them to sacrifice animals for the festivities.
A check by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at Dutse cattle market, showed that prices had shot up by over 300 per cent compared to the previous season.
A big size ram is sold at N500,000, and a well-bred bull sold for N1 million, as against its previous prices of N130,000 and N400,000, respectively.
Traders at the market attributed the price hike to high cost of animal feeds.
Malam Musa Ayuba said animal rearing was no longer easy due to the rising cost of feeds and medication.
“Aimal feed is extremely expensive resulting to soaring livestock prices,” he said.
Alhaji Abubakar Jamilu, a resident, lamented that most families could not afford to
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