Dealers on second hand (a.k. a Okrika) clothes and shoes in Calabar, Cross River capital, have expressed joy over the high sales they now record, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. A NAN survey at the Marian, Watts and Beach markets in Calabar on Sunday showed that patronage for the wears has increased tremendously.The customers, mostly women, said that they resorted to buying second hand clothes and shoes because of their durability and low prices.
Archibong, a dealer at the Beach market, told NAN that his business had recorded high patronage in the last 3 – 4 months.
“The high demand for the items I sell has made the business very lucrative and I am very excited about that.In the previous months, I used to buy just one bale of shoes for sale due to the low demand, but the demand has increased in the last four months and I now buy up to six bales.