Muslims in Nigeria are tightening their belts to mark Eid Al-Adha, the feast of sacrifice. Inflation triggered by President Bola Tinubu's decision to remove fuel subsidies in May has seen food prices jump, in some cases more than doubling. Many of Nigeria's Muslims can't afford to travel to see their families or buy traditional holiday foods.
Abuja-based trader Umar Abdulkadir was up early Wednesday to get his family ready for the Eid-al-Adha prayers and celebrations.
Abdulkadir had traveled by road three days earlier from the capital to his hometown in Northwest Kano state ahead of the holiday. But he said his family has to cut down on its budget after a jump in food prices, especially for rams often sacrificed during the celebrations, and a tripling of transportation costs.
"Since they removed the fuel subsidy everything became expensive, even the ram. That's why it's so expensive and the transportation, too. Before we travel from Abuja to Kano for 4,500 [Naira], but this time around we paid 13,000 [Naira], even yesterday some people told me they paid 18,000 [Naira]."The price hike is mostly due to Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu's decision in May to end the fuel subsidies paid by the government for decades.
But Social Action Nigeria economist Isaac Botti says the president's decision to stop paying the subsidy was insensitive.Get the latest in African news delivered straight to your inbox
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