Nigerian Lady Laments after Purchasing 3 Tubers of Yam for N11k, Shares Photo

Nigerian Lady Laments after Purchasing 3 Tubers of Yam for N11k, Shares Photo

  • A Nigerian lady, Petra Akinti Onyegbule has shared a photo of the three tubers of yam she got for N11,000
  • Petra in a Facebook post, revealed that she tried so hard to make the hausa seller reduce his selling price all to no avail
  • However, after failed efforts to make him bring down the price, she finally bought the yams for a whooping sum of N11,000

A beautiful Nigerian woman identified as Petra Akinti Onyegbule has lamented over the increasing price of yams in the market.

In a recent Facebook post, Petra shared a photos of the three tubers of yam she got at the market.

While sharing the photo, Petra revealed how her efforts to buy the yams at a lesser price proved futile.

3 tubers of yam, N11k
Nigerian lady buys 3 tubers of yam for N11k Photo Credit: Petra Akinti Onyegbule
Source: Facebook

According to her, she went to the extent of speaking hausa language to the seller, yet he refused to reduce the price. She had to purchase the three tubers at the sum of N11k.

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Sharing the photos on Facebook, she said:

"12,000. 11,000 last. E no commot 10kobo upon all the Hausa wey I speak."

Nigerians react to Petra's post

Aliyu Abdullahi said:

"Hmm! You're right! if really you are taking about yam not what I am thinking."

Opeoluwa Lawal reacted:

"Not a fan of yam and if I must eat yam,I prefer the old/dry yam. E dey sweet."

Gabriel Duru commented:

"Please don't flog us too much, I didn't know the difference until 2018. To me then, "yam is yam ni" ."

Emmanuel Okiti stated:

"Dry yam is better but wisdom is profitable to direct."

Olasoji Fagbola commented:

"Na dry Yam anyday, anytime o."

Akin Akinola noted:

"Na like old wine..... Gbere our Flesident."

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a Nigerian lady, Bethel Emmanuel, has cried out on Facebook over the outrageous increase in the price of foodstuffs.

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The concerned lady said she wrote a long list of foodstuffs to purchase at the market but ended up canceling some due to a hike in prices.

In her post, she showed off the tomatoes she bought for N200 while revealing that the price of 12.5kg gas is presently N10k.

Source: Legit.ng

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