...As US ban, inflation, floods, infrastructure gap hit local players
At Ikotun market on Saturday, August 16, Iya Bola – which means Bola’s mother in Yoruba- displayed her baskets of fish, attracting customers who swarmed around them like bees to honey.
“This one is Kote. A piece goes for N3,700. Titus sells at N7,000 for 1 kilo. I also have Panla, which is quite cheaper. With N3000, I can give you two,” she told a customer.
In less than three hours, Iya Bola had emptied a basket of fish and made over N300,00
