Business not moving, tailors, hairdressers lament

<p>Adejoh called on the government to proffer a lasting solution to the challenge of fuel and electricity as this is affecting businesses and incomes.</p>, <span>Business not moving, tailors, hairdressers lament. graphic</span>, <h2>Hairdressers and tailors in Gwagwalada Area Council of the FCT, say business has been slow since the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government.</h2>, <p>The business owners, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ii Gwagwalada, also said that patronage of their services had dropped drastically.</p>, <p>Sarah Morgan, a hairdresser, said that business had been challenging because her trade depended on power supply, adding that she could no longer afford fuel to power her generator set when there was no electricity.</p>, <p>“Patronage has dropped drastically for me, because unlike before, when there is no light, I quickly switched on my generator but now, I have to depend solely on the national grid.</p>, <p>“Fueling my generator is expensive now and even when I manage to use it for customers, they complain about the extra charge which I have to review because of the new fuel price.</p>, <p>“Most of them will prefer to wait for electricity before making their hair, but most times, it does not come.</p>, <p>“I sometimes only manage to braid hair for just two people in a day which is not too good for me compared to what I used to make in the past when customers washed and dried their hair in my salon.”</p>, <p>“It is usually very painful when I have little or nothing to take home because transport fare to my salon has also increased, coming and not making enough money is very discouraging,” Morgan said.</p>, <p>Similarly, Nkechi Okafor, a tailor said that the increase had slowed down her production and had made business less lucrative for her.</p>, <p>She said that not being able to afford another means of power supply for her business was crippling her only source of income and affecting her relationship with her customers.</p>, <p>“Before now, I worked the whole day with