As the economic hardship bites harder, many Nigerian Muslims have either surrendered their desire to slaughter rams to celebrate the festival or are looking for places to get better bargain for rams.
The lawmaker representing Lere Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Suleiman Aliyu, is dead.
Mr Aliyu died in the early hours of Tuesday at the Barau Dikko Hospital in Kaduna.
Two relatives of the deceased, Hassan Banaga and Murjanatu Garba, confimed the death to PREMIUM TIMES.
The lawmaker died from an undisclosed illness.
“We are here at
Barau Dikko Hospital Kaduna to take the body for burial. He is going to be buried in Lere town at 3 pm,” Mr Banga said.
Mr Aliyu was sworn in by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, in March 2020 despite contesting for the seat in the 2019 general election.
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