The fuel scarcity
in Kano metropolis in the past two weeks has kept many tailors out of
business. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the industrial
machines in many tailoring centres visited were silent due to the lack
of fuel to power the generating sets to make them functional.
Similarly, many tailors were seen either sleeping or sitting idle in
their shops. Muhammad Sanusi, a tailor at Mama Fashion located at Zoo
Road, complained that the situation worsens by the day as they could
hardly purchase diesel from road side sellers due to its scarcity.
Ahmad Saminu, a Senegalese tailor at Gandun Albasa, said that his major
problem was that his customers failed to appreciate his challenge and
instead, accused him of not wanting to spend extra money. He said he
had never experienced such a situation since he started the business in
Kano about 10 years ago.
