Eid-El-Kabir: Cattle Seller Recounts Budgeting N1 Million Bribe for Checkpoint Passage
- The high increase in the price of livestock in the market has been explained by a livestock seller in Calabar, Cross River State of southern Nigerian
- Isiaka Mohammed, the chairman of livestock sellers in Calabar blamed the high cost of livestock on excessive extortion by law enforcement on the highway
- Mohammed said he personally budget N1 million to tip officers at the various checkpoints on the highway
Cross River, Calabar - Alhaji Isiaka Mohammed, the chairman of livestock sellers in Calabar, Cross River State, has recounted his ordeals of transporting livestock from northern Nigeria to the south-south region.
Mohammed said he budgets at least N1 million to settle law enforcement at the various checkpoints mounted on the highway while transporting his livestock.
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As reported by Daily Trust, Mohammed lamented about his ordeals while reacting to the hike in the price of livestock in the ongoing Eid-el-Kabir celebration.
Cattle seller reveals why Cows, Rams are expensive
He noted that the reason for the hike in the price of livestock is not due to the increase in fuel price; instead, it is due to the frequent extortion they face while transporting this livestock from the north to the south.
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He said:
“Moving from the North to the South, there are so many checkpoints and for some of them, you have to pay as high as N30,000 before you are allowed to pass through.
“When you spend such amount of money on extortion alone, it will affect the price of the rams. You have all the security agencies on the roads at so many different spots, veterinary agents, and even so, many state-owned groups that you don’t understand.
“With that amount, you will settle and settle until you get to Calabar; so, for this year, the price of ram of average size that I sold for N120,000 last year is sold for N150,000; there is an addition of N20,000 to N30,000 on each of the rams.”
He further noted that patronage has been low due to the increase in fuel prices, but they have no choice but to remain in business because of their expenses in transporting the livestock.
Mohammed urged the federal government to intervene and help curb the incessant extortion they faced on the highway.
Eid-el-Kabir: Prices of Rams Skyrocket Across Markets Amid Muslim Sallah Celebrations
Meanwhile, in anticipation of the Eid-el-Kabir (Sallah) festivities, the cost of rams has witnessed a significant surge across different markets in Nigeria.
On the one hand, customers are expressing dissatisfaction with the hiked prices of rams in the markets; the traders, on the other hand, are bemoaning the low patronage.
Even though the traders attribute the hike to the current economic realities in the country, some Muslim faithful lament that the current prices could deny them the privilege of killing rams for the celebration.
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