The artificial hairs, also known as weave-on are fixed by women to enhance their beauty. With Christmas fast approaching, most ladies specially the younger ones want to look their best.
Investigation by ionigeria.com also revealed that while the ladies want to look their best, men are doing everything, they could, to escape from the increase in financial demands by their lovers, Many men at this period devise different strategies to avoid their girlfriends.
While speaking with ionigeria in Lagos on Thursday, an 'aristo', who spoke under the condition of anonymity said, "Christmas period is not the best time for philandering. The monetary demands from those young girls at this period are so much. One just has to look for ways of controlling himself before those little girls put you in trouble"
There are different types of artificial hairs - the synthetic and human hairs. The synthetic type includes Expression, Brazilian and Lace wig, among others. The human hairs include Indian and Peruvian hairs, among others.
NAN correspondents, who visited Wuse, Garki and Utako markets in Abuja report that a lot of ladies were seen in shops purchasing the products in preparation for the Christmas.
It was also discovered that there had been hike in prices of weave-on as those that were sold for N500 were now selling for N750, while those that sold for N3, 000 were now being sold for N4, 500.
It was observed that the human hair weave-on were in high demand which had also led to increase in their prices.
A Peruvian hair, which was sold for between N35, 000 and N40, 000 was now being sold for between N45, 000 and N85, 000.
Some of the traders who spoke to NAN attributed the hike in the prices of the artificial hairs to increase in transportation, while others said they decided to increase the prices to make some extra cash.
Mrs Ruth Dickson, a trader at Wuse market, said that she increased the prices of the product due to the high cost of transportation.
``I travelled to Dubai to purchase the weave-on and because this is not the season where I can get this products at cheaper rate, I increased the prices in order to make up for the extra expenses,” Dickson said.
Another trader at Wuse market, Mrs Lola Umukoro blamed the hike in the prices of weave-on to a number of factors ranging from high shop rents to transportation and other levies being paid in the market.
Mrs Blessing Olusegun, another trader at the Garki market, said that due to the Christmas rush, she decided to cash-in on the season by increasing the prices of the products to make some extra cash.
Mr Syvanus Okoro, a trader at Utako market also attributed the hike in the prices of weave-on to the high cost of transportation.
Okoro said that before the Christmas season transportation was cheap, adding that drivers had increased transport fares due to the scarcity of fuel.
``Before now, we used to pay less for transport but now because of fuel scarcity, we now pay higher,’’ Okoro said.
NAN also spoke to some ladies who purchased the weave-on and some of them said the Christmas season was a period for one to be happy and look good.
Mrs Helen Benson, a civil servant said ``the Christmas season is a time you make yourself happy and by so doing, I have come to buy lace wig weave-on of N60,000 to look more beautiful this Christmas for my husband.’’
Miss Benita Fred, said that though the cost of the weave-on had increased but she was purchasing it to enhance her beauty for the celebration.
Mrs Eunice Yakoba, another civil servant told NAN that most women always accord special attention to their hairs by fixing weave-on to make them to look beautiful.
Yakoba said that it was normal for people to rush to purchase weave-on at this period because it was a time for celebration and merriment.
According to her, women do not just purchase artificial hairs at Christmas season, they also buy food stuffs, gift items, clothes, shoes and bags.
Mr Ben Audu, a buyer said that in order to prevent hike in prices of goods, people should make purchases before the festive period.
NAN reports that the markets were a beehive of activities as both men and women were seen shopping for various items in preparation for the Christmas.
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