Due to the worsening outage of electricity in
Katsina metropolis, the residents, especially
owners of businesses requiring refrigeration for
their wares, now travel to neighbouring Niger
Republic to purchase ice blocks.
Although Nigeria supplies the bulk of electricity
used in the neighbouring country, Peoples Daily
however, observed that residents of Katsina have
for months been experiencing acute power supply
where it is now rare to have uninterrupted power
supply for at least 30 minutes.
A Fura and cold water vendor along IBB Way,
Katsina, Uztaz Muhammad Umar told our
correspondent that he travelled from Katsina to
Maradi in Niger Republic to buy the ice blocks so
as to preserve his goods.
He noted that the huge special ice block made for
sale to Nigerians cost between N300 to N500
adding "we use to wrap it in a rag or a special
leather bag to prevent it from melting. We thank
God that we have Niger Republic closer, otherwise
we would have left this business for long".
