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Somewhere under the hot sun here at Kara market situated at Iyana Share in Ifelodun Local Government of Kwara State, I witnessed their regular market day which holds every five (5) days. This means that, the next market day for these people will be in five days.

I have passed by severally this route however today, we had a stop-over and I had the opportunity to witness their market day. People are of the general opinion that patronage of goods during market days are cheaper than when an individual walks in to a store for same goods on days not specific to a market day. I may agree to an extent although it may not be convenient to wait till market days before purchasing desired goods. On a second thought, goods especially food materials in large quantities can be purchased on these dedicated market days.

These local market days are quite interesting. Most goods displayed for sale are produce right from the farms, villages and store houses. You agree with me these should be way cheaper than those already in the urban settlements where some extra costs would have added up? These local markets may not have the luxury means of transporting these farm produce as seen in the pictures below where goats are put on motorbikes alongside the sellers, trunks of cars etc.

some vehicles are also overloaded with goods all in the name of cutting costs.

One practice I realized however is that, some people are present at these markets to buy goods cheaply and resell at same market at a much higher cost.

Some people do even gather to fake a bargain on behalf of both parties just so they could get some tips afterwards. In situations like this, you will agree with me there have been some avoidable inflations which may bring us back to the question of how cheap goods are at the local markets.

Goods mostly traded at these local markets range from food items (perishable and non-perishables), animals such as goats, cows, chickens etc, and clothes but not limited to these. We purchased some items though and, charcoal for example was gotten one thousand naira (approximately $1.25) less than its supposed cost at the urban area.

Bought two goats for local breed which is assumed to be cheaper compared to buying them in the city.
One thing is certain, whenever you are traveling and you happen to come across market days as I did, be sure to have some extra monies to buy goods at a lesser price.

Hope you enjoyed my little experience of local market trade 🤗? Ill appreciate your likes and comments