Traders in Katsina state have decried low patronage occasioned by the ongoing nationwide protests hunger protest.
The traders lamented that the protests have seriously impacted on their businesses as customers have either remained indoors or joined in the protest which had generated to vandalisation of government and private structures in the state .
Some of the traders who spoke to journalists at the city of Katsina complained that the business has been full compared to the days days before the protest
They however attributed the high cost of living and products to the reason for the low patronage, even as they called on government to support the small-scale businesses with enough capital to address inflation and economic hardship facing the country.