See one of the biggest onion markets in Nigeria (photos)

See one of the biggest onion markets in Nigeria (photos)

Kebbi state has one of the biggest onion markets in Nigeria. The market which is located in Yauri local government area provides countless youths with jobs.

Biggest onion market in Nigeria
Countless onion heaps can be seen in the market which provides countless youths with jobs

Every day, no fewer than 1000 young men are engaged in various activities at the market. Some bag the onions, others separate the good ones from the bad ones. There are those who sell the covers for the sacks, as well as those who sell the sack itself.

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Others are saddled with the responsibility of loading the onions onto the trailers.

Biggest onion market in Nigeria
At Yauri, a large trade flourishes

Also present at the market are middlemen who intervene between the farmers and the merchants who buy the crop.

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The market which is said to have been market has been in existence since 1950 is a sort of hub from which onions are now transported to many other locations both within and outside Nigeria.

Biggest onion market in Nigeria
No fewer than 1000 young men work at the market every day, engaged in one form of activity or the other

Vehicles bring in the onions from from farms in the locality, where the crop had been harvested. Some are brought in by canoes and large boats from communities further away, which do not have road networks leading into or out of them.

Biggest onion market in Nigeria
Strong men load the sacks of onions onto the trailers

Very impressive indeed!

Source: Legit.ng

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