From Yakubu Busari,Jos
Traders at the Jos Trade Fair are regretting coming to participate in the exercise as some may spend many nights in an opened space for 13th days without foods.
A group of traders who spoke to our medium described the ongoing 2020, Jos Trade fair as a glorified gathering of petty traders paying high charges by the Plateau Chamber of Commerce and Industry .
They traders opened the chapter of lamentation saying they are regretting coming to participate in such a trade fair that is not different from what is obtainable from an open market .
Mallam Ahmad Turaki ,Salisu Abubakar and Sunny Obi both raised alarm that before they acquired pavilions at the ongoing Jos Trade fair paid for at a high rate, they are yet to any patronage so far.
“We are running at loss,” they lamented .
They said that the implications for a stand and building a make shift cost them between 100,000.00 and 200,000.00 and above depending on the length and breadth of the space .
They urge the chamber to reconsider refunding of their expenses incurred in view of the situation on ground .
The 2020 edition of the trade fair which started running from October 15 to end on November 1 2020 at the Jos Polo Field has suffered under the protest against police brutality and the looting spree by rampaging youths in the tin city. The fair is themes; Trade Fairs, a Platform for sustaining MSMEs in a Challenging Economy
