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Polls: Food, water vendors make brisk business at voting points
Food and water vendors enjoyed brisk business at various polling units during Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections in the FCT.
Our reporter, who went round some of the polling units across Abaji, Kwali, Gwagwalada and Kuje area councils on Saturday, observed as many voters who queued in the sun bought sachet water, cake, groundnut and kunu to snack on.
Mrs. Felicia Ebuka, a food vendor at a polling unit in Dobi area of Gwagwalada told our reporter that she decided to hawk bambara nut (okpa) while the election was ongoing because her name was not found on the voters list.
She said she could not vote she went back home and prepared okpa to sell to voters who were queuing to cast their votes.
Daily Trust, Monday 25, February.
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