By Ousman Jatta
The Serrekunda market is one of the Gambia’s biggest and busiest markets and as the holy month of Ramadan commences, businesses and businessmen at the market get to receiving a lot customers.
But vendor Mai Saidy is describing business in the market as hard. Prices of goods have shot through the roof and the impact is being felt.
“Now the business is very challenging, because the prices of goods have all increase, a times we find it very difficult to buy goods, to later sell it,” she says.
Sulayman Jallow another vendor says there has been an increase on the prices of goods.
“A bowl which used to cost for hundred dalasis (D100), it is now costing for D150,” he says.
Ramadan is an important month for Muslims. Because Muslims go the whole day without food and water, most find it necessary to stock up on food for their late evening and early morning meals.
But prices of these commodities are increasing by the day and that can only come off as big pain for them.
