The National Butchers Association, Oyo State chapter, has announced an increase in the price of meat, effective yesterday.
This, the association attributed to the high cost of transportation and other associated running costs.
Chairman of the association in the state, Mr Wahab Olayiwola, made this known during a prayer session at the Agodi Gate prayer ground, Ibadan.
He noted that the butchers were not immune to inflation and the rise in prices of goods since it was difficult remaining in business.
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He urged residents of the state to bear with the butchers, saying they were boxed to the corner to announce the increase.
Speaking in the same vein, the Southwest coordinator of the butchers, Mr Biliaminu Elesinmeta, said the association believed in prayers hence its resort to praying for God’s intervention in the present state of the nation, which they described as tough.
Elesinmeta said, “We want to urge the government to assist us and see how the price of goods and services can come down. It is not our fault that we are increasing the price of meat. We sell what we buy.”