By RFIPalled on 11-08-2019Modified on 11-08-2019 at 08:47

This is one of the most important festivals of Islam. Eid el-Kebir or Tabaski in West Africa, or Aid El Ahda in Egypt whose celebration begins this Sunday with the ritual slaughter of sheep. But sheep are often expensive for the average consumer as in Guinea.

In Guinea, it is not the ram that is missing. The problem is that it is expensive even for the average Guinean. It costs "the eyes and the head" as some buyers meet on the trading premises.

dear tabaski in Guinea: listen to the report of our correspondent in Conakry

11-08-2019 - By Moktar Bah

" Really the animals are very expensive," complains Imam Fofana of Simanbossia in the suburbs of Conakry. Two million, two million five hundred or even three million and some ... I do not know if it is a problem of customs clearance, I do not know what it is due, but in any case it is expensive to the market! ".

He even hopes that in the future the State will get involved in the import and marketing of goats to relieve the household portfolio. " If the state imports, it will be very good, it is better than the bana-bana, the traffickers ... It is a divine problem then it is necessary that the State is involved ".

The traders justify themselves

Importers and traders of cattle, who are accused of all sins, advance their explanations.

" The sheep is expensive! When we leave Burkina Faso, Niger, when we leave Bamako, we pay a lot, says RFI Abdoul Mbèwa Dramé, importer, there is too much police! There are too many gendarmes! Many customs. The dams are numerous on the road so we are charged a lot! When we come here we want to get some of our money back so that's why it's expensive. The government must help us to reduce the barriers a little otherwise it is not easy for us ".

As long as insecurity continues in the Sahelian countries, producers and exporters of goats to the southern forest, the sheep will cost what it will cost.

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